Description:

The term 'cenukéul' arose in the popular language and media in the early modern period and was subsequently enshrined by the AXZ, replacing the more cumbersome 'cenes ukéul'. It is more of a portmanteau than a proper compound. The adoption of a shortened slang as a formal word for the science speaks to its important place in modern NWP society.

As a noun, 'cenukéul' means 'genetic modification', as the science or concept. It can be used as a skurun vern meaning to genetically modify something. And the modifier form generally used to mean 'genetically modified' is cenukéulkas.