Chimeric

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /kɪˈmɛɹɪk/, /kaɪˈmɛɹɪk/

Alternative forms

• chimaeric
• chimæric

Origin

From chimera.

Full definition of chimeric

Adjective

1. Like a chimera.
2. Imaginary, fanciful.
3. (genetics) Pertaining to a genetic chimera.
• 1997, Nicholas A. Wright, "Stem cell repertoire in the intestine" in Stem cells (ISBN 9780125634557), ed. C. S. Potten, page 322:Application of the technology for producing chimeric mice has given considerable insight into the way intestinal crypts are organized.
• 2008, David Batty, The Guardian, 19 May 2008:Chimeric embryos are made by injecting cells or genetic material from one species into the embryo of another.