noun
- the branch of biology that studies the structure and function of chromosomes and their relationship to heredity and disease.
Usage: typically used as a mass noun (uncountable); scientific/medical field
Examples
- Cytogenetics helped doctors identify the chromosomal abnormality causing the patient's genetic disorder.
- The laboratory uses cytogenetics to analyze chromosome patterns in cancer cells.
- Advances in cytogenetics have improved prenatal screening for genetic conditions.
- She earned her degree in cytogenetics and now works in a diagnostic genetics lab.
- Cytogenetics combines microscopy with molecular techniques to study chromosomes.