CYTOGENETICS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("cytogenetics" is a kind of...):

cytology (the branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells)

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Derivation:

cytogenetical (of or relating to cytogenetics)

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