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geneticist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪ.sɪst/

Etymology

Etymology tree English genetic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English geneticist From genetic (“related to genes”) + -ist (“person following a profession or interest”).

Meanings

  1. A scientist who studies genes.
    • In an ingenious approach, a team of 11 scientists – including biologists, geneticists, glaciologists, computer scientists and ice-sheet modellers – looked at the genetics of Turquet’s octopus – a species that has been living around the Antarctic continent for about 4m years. 2023 February 24, Graham Readfearn, The Guardian:
  2. A physician who diagnoses, treats, and counsels patients with genetic disorders or syndromes.
    • The geneticist said Ryan had a rare genetic disorder called mucopolysaccharidosis I, or MPS I, with a wide-range of symptoms affecting multiple systems in the body. 2017 May 13, Ashley Strickland, “Warned he would die by age 10, he just graduated college”, in CNN:

Forms

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Deriveds

nongeneticist · archaeogeneticist · immunogeneticist · neurogeneticist · cytogeneticist · ontogeneticist · oncogeneticist · palaeogeneticist · phylogeneticist · psychogeneticist · paleogeneticist

Translations (31)

sw mtaalamu wa chembe za urithi (scientist who studies genes) · vo higeredavan (scientist who studies genes) · pt geneticista (scientist who studies genes) · ru гене́тик (scientist who studies genes) · fr généticien (scientist who studies genes) · es genetista (scientist who studies genes) · ro genetician (scientist who studies genes) · ro geneticiană (scientist who studies genes) · nl genetica (scientist who studies genes) · oc genetician (scientist who studies genes) · oc genetista (scientist who studies genes) · mk генетичар (scientist who studies genes) · vo jigeredavan (scientist who studies genes) · cs genetik (scientist who studies genes) · hu genetikus (scientist who studies genes) · de Genetikerin (scientist who studies genes) · ka გენეტიკოსი (scientist who studies genes) · ca genetista (scientist who studies genes) · fi geneetikko (scientist who studies genes) · nl geneticus (scientist who studies genes) · sv genetiker (scientist who studies genes) · it genetista (scientist who studies genes) · fi perinnöllisyystieteilijä (scientist who studies genes) · de Genetiker (scientist who studies genes) · pl genetyk (scientist who studies genes) · cmn 遺傳學家 /遗传学家 (scientist who studies genes) · sw mwanajenetiki (scientist who studies genes) · fr généticienne (scientist who studies genes) · ja 遺伝学者 (scientist who studies genes) · el γενετιστής (scientist who studies genes) · vo geredavan (scientist who studies genes)

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