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transgenerational

transgenerational

1 8.2
Affecting people in more than one generation of a family
  • adjective
  • /ˌtrænzˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃənl/
translation icon : transgeneracional
  • The study focused on how transgenerational trauma affects families over generations.
  • transgenerational trauma
  • transgenerational epigenetic inheritance
  • transgenerational effects

And I remain unconvinced of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in mammals.

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Examples

  • The way in which environmental exposures cause transgenerational effects is unclear.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Meanwhile, the cost to the Swedes points to how devastating they can be within the family, even on a transgenerational level.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Meanwhile, several other groups are studying transgenerational changes in animals.

    Academic text (2013)
  • A detailed description of the Illinois transgenerational birth file has been published.

    Academic text (2011)
  • "We see transgenerational epigenetic changes in animals, and what we believe is that the animal data predict human responses," he says.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The proposal is supported by observations of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The NIEHS recently issued requests for applications totaling $3 million for research on transgenerational effects in mammals.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Other researchers have found evidence that transgenerational effects can impact mating behaviors, with implications for the evolution of populations.

    Academic text (2013)
  • I believe this is a nutritional disease that humans get from the transgenerational epigenetic signals from our maternal bloodlines.

    Blog text (27)
  • Granted such a role, ancestral infections could affect the development of chronic and autoimmune diseases in later generations by virtue of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.

    Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

generational
vstransgenerational
55 4.4

Relating to people born around the same time

focuses on influence spanning multiple generations rather than within one generation
ancestral
vstransgenerational
43 5.5

Related to family members from earlier generations

concerns effects across multiple generations, not only origin from ancestors
multigenerational
vstransgenerational
5 4.8

Having people from more than one generation living or working together

is focused specifically on effects that pass across generations
intergenerational
vstransgenerational
3 6.5

Relating to people of different ages, like young and old

is about effects reaching across successive generations, not just interactions
handed-down
vstransgenerational
4.2

Older family members give things like clothes or recipes to younger ones

emphasizes being shared across generations rather than the act of transfer

How Generational

transgenerational
1 8.2
generational
55 4.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

transgenerational = generational (transparent) = trans + generation + al

Formed by prefixing 'trans-' (across) to 'generational' (relating to generations); the meaning 'across generations' follows directly from the components.

Etymology

Transgenerational comes from trans- meaning 'across' and generation meaning 'a group of people born at about the same time', and you see trans- in words like transfer and transport. So transgenerational describes something that moves 'across' generations and affects more than one generation.