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molecular genetics

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A field of biology which studies the structure and function of genes at a molecular level.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

the branch of genetics concerned with the structure and activity of genetic material at the molecular level

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: genetics, genetic science

History

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Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: علم الوراثة الجزيئي — a field of biology
  • Armenian: մոլեկուլային գենետիկա (molekulayin genetika) — a field of biology
  • Asturian: xenética molecular — a field of biology
  • Belarusian: малекуля́рная гене́тыка (maljekuljárnaja hjenjétyka) — a field of biology
  • Bengali: আণবিক বংশাণুবিজ্ঞান (anobik boṅśanubiggên) — a field of biology
  • Bulgarian: молекулярна генетика (molekuljarna genetika) — a field of biology
  • Catalan: genètica molecular — a field of biology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 分子遺傳學 /分子遗传学 (fēnzǐyíchuánxué) — a field of biology
  • Czech: molekulární genetika — a field of biology
  • Dutch: moleculaire genetica — a field of biology
  • Esperanto: molekula genetiko — a field of biology
  • Finnish: molekyyligenetiikka — a field of biology
  • French: génétique moléculaire — a field of biology
  • Galician: xenética molecular — a field of biology
  • German: Molekulargenetik — a field of biology
  • Greek: μοριακή γενετική (moriakí genetikí) — a field of biology
  • Hungarian: molekuláris biológia — a field of biology
  • Hungarian: molekuláris genetika — a field of biology
  • Indonesian: genetika molekuler — a field of biology
  • Italian: genetica molecolare — a field of biology
  • Japanese: 分子遺伝学 (bunshi idengaku) — a field of biology
  • Kazakh: молекулалық генетика (molekulalyq genetika) — a field of biology
  • Korean: 분자유전학 (bunjayujeonhak) — a field of biology
  • Central Kurdish: بۆماوەزانیی گەردی (bomawezanîy gerdî) — a field of biology
  • Kyrgyz: молекула генетикасы (molekula genetikası) — a field of biology
  • Latin: molecularis geneticus — a field of biology
  • Lithuanian: raidos genetika — a field of biology
  • Persian: ژنتیک مولکولی — a field of biology
  • Polish: genetyka molekularna — a field of biology
  • Portuguese: genética molecular — a field of biology
  • Romanian: genetică moleculară — a field of biology
  • Russian: молекуля́рная гене́тика (molekuljárnaja genétika) — a field of biology
  • Serbo-Croatian: molekularna genetika — a field of biology
  • Spanish: genética molecular — a field of biology
  • Swedish: molekylär genetik — a field of biology
  • Tagalog: mulatling palamanahan — a field of biology
  • Tamil: மூலக்கூற்று மரபியல் (mūlakkūṟṟu marapiyal) — a field of biology
  • Thai: อณูพันธุศาสตร์ (anoo pantúsàat) — a field of biology
  • Turkish: moleküler genetik — a field of biology
  • Ukrainian: молекуля́рна гене́тика (molekuljárna henétyka) — a field of biology
  • Urdu: سالماتی وراثیات (sālmātī orāsyāt) — a field of biology
  • Uzbek: molekulyar genetika — a field of biology
  • Vietnamese: di truyền phân tử — a field of biology