English

Alternative forms

• chimaeric
• chimæric

Adjective

chimeric ‎(comparative more chimeric, superlative most chimeric)

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.