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cytogenetics
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cytogenetics /cy·to·ge·net·ics/ (-jĕ-net´iks) the branch of genetics devoted to cellular constituents concerned in heredity, i.e. chromosomes.
clinical cytogenetics  the branch of cytogenetics concerned with relations between chromosomal abnormalities and pathologic conditions.

cy·to·ge·net·ics (st-j-ntks)
n.
The branch of biology that deals with heredity and the cellular components, particularly chromosomes, associated with heredity.

cyto·ge·neti·cist (--sst) n.

cytogenetics
[sī′tōjənet′iks]
the branch of genetics that studies the cellular constituents concerned with heredity, primarily the structure, function, and origin of the chromosomes. One kind of cytogenetics is clinical cytogenetics. Also called cytogenics. cytogenetic, adj.

cytogenetics
that branch of genetics devoted to the cellular constituents concerned in heredity, i.e. the chromosomes; the combined sciences of genetics and cytology.

clinical cytogenetics
the branch of cytogenetics concerned with relations between chromosomal abnormalities and pathological conditions.


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