cytogenetics

cytogenetics
/suy'toh jeuh net"iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.)
the branch of biology linking the study of genetic inheritance with the study of cell structure, esp. for human chromosome analysis for the detection of inheritable diseases.
[1930-35; CYTO- + GENETICS]

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