noun
Meaning 1
A scientist who studies genes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
geneticist
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noun
Meaning 2
A physician who diagnoses, treats, and counsels patients with genetic disorders or syndromes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
a biologist who specializes in genetics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: biologist, life scientist
Narrower terms: cytogeneticist, Cline, Martin Cline, Haldane, J. B. S. Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich Lysenko, Muller, Hermann Joseph Muller, Ventner, Craig Ventner, J. Craig Ventner, Watson, James Watson, James Dewey Watson, Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold Weismann, Wilmut, Ian Wilmut
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English genetic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō 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”).
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: genetista — scientist who studies genes
- Chinese Mandarin: 遺傳學家 /遗传学家 (yíchuánxuéjiā) — scientist who studies genes
- Czech: genetik — scientist who studies genes
- Finnish: perinnöllisyystieteilijä — scientist who studies genes
- Finnish: geneetikko — scientist who studies genes
- French: généticien — scientist who studies genes
- French: généticienne — scientist who studies genes
- Georgian: გენეტიკოსი (geneṭiḳosi) — scientist who studies genes
- German: Genetiker — scientist who studies genes
- German: Genetikerin — scientist who studies genes
- Greek: γενετιστής (genetistís) — scientist who studies genes
- Hungarian: genetikus — scientist who studies genes
- Italian: genetista — scientist who studies genes
- Japanese: 遺伝学者 (idengakusha) — scientist who studies genes
- Macedonian: генетичар (genetičar) — scientist who studies genes
- Occitan: genetician — scientist who studies genes
- Occitan: genetista — scientist who studies genes
- Polish: genetyk — scientist who studies genes
- Portuguese: geneticista — scientist who studies genes
- Romanian: genetician — scientist who studies genes
- Romanian: geneticiană — scientist who studies genes
- Russian: гене́тик (genɛ́tik) — scientist who studies genes
- Spanish: genetista — scientist who studies genes
- Swahili: mwanajenetiki — scientist who studies genes
- Swahili: mtaalamu wa chembe za urithi — scientist who studies genes
- Swedish: genetiker — scientist who studies genes
- Volapük: geredavan — scientist who studies genes
- Volapük: higeredavan — scientist who studies genes
- Volapük: jigeredavan — scientist who studies genes