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CYTOGENETIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to cytogenetics
Synonyms:
cytogenetic; cytogenetical
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
cytogenetics (the branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes))
Derivation:
cytogenesis (the origin and development and variation of cells)
Context examples:
There is a recurrent cytogenetic aberration: t(12;22)(q13;q12).
(Clear cell sarcoma of soft tissue, NCI Thesaurus)
Clonal cytogenetic abnormalities are frequently present and usually are unbalanced translocations or deletions of chromosomes 5 and 7.
(Alkylating Agent-Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Cytogenetic aberrations in the gene are involved in cellular transformation and are associated with a variety of hematopoietic tumors, leukemias and lymphomas.
(MYC Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
There is no history of prior cytotoxic therapy for an unrelated disorder, and there is absence of the cytogenetic abnormalities that are present in acute myeloid leukemia with recurrent genetic abnormalities.
(Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Myelodysplasia-Related Changes, NCI Thesaurus)
This tumor is part of a spectrum that includes round cell liposarcoma and that is characterized by recurrent cytogenetic aberrations: t(12;16)(q13;p11) and t(12;22)(q13;q12).
(Myxoid Liposarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Recurrent cytogenetic aberrations are specifically associated with this entity: t(2;13)(q35;q14) and t(1;13)(p36;q14).
(Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
There is a recurrent cytogenetic aberration: der (17)t(X;17)(p11;q25).
(Alveolar soft part sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The species is a favorite for cytogenetic studies because of its small chromosome number.
(CHO Cells, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
It is done for the evaluation of hematopoietic disorders and for the evaluation of infectious diseases and cytogenetic studies.
(Bone marrow aspiration, NCI Thesaurus)
A predisposition to retinoblastoma has been associated with 13q14 cytogenetic abnormalities.
(Hereditary Retinoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
