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CYTOGENETICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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