| Definition | =genetic engineering |
| OED requirements | antedating 1985 |
| Earliest cite | Edward Llewellyn, "The Lords of Creation" |
| Comment | Added to the OED in June 2008, with a first publication date of 1987 Adam Buchbinder submitted a citation from Edward Llewellyn's "The Lords of Creation" (Analog, March 1985) |
| Last modified | 14 May, 2009 |
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| 1993 J. Brosnan Opoponax Invasion (1994) 188 | Apart from gengineering they also excelled in computer technology and there they took another turning so far avoid by humanity ‥ they eventually constructed biological computers. |
| 1998 Interzone Nov. 9/2 | The original colonists had undergone extensive gengineering to adapt them to microgravity. |
| 1999 V. Vinge Deepness In Sky lxiv. 573 | Despite ancient drugs and millennia of gengineering, the full pull of planetary gravity was a constant, debilitating distraction. |