karyotype
pronunciation
How to pronounce karyotype in British English:
UK ['kærɪəˌtaɪp]
How to pronounce karyotype in American English:
US ['kærɪrˌtaɪp]
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- Noun:
- the appearance of the chromosomal makeup of a somatic cell in an individual or species (including the number and arrangement and size and structure of the chromosomes)
Word Origin
- karyotype (n.)
- 1929, ultimately from Russian kariotip (1922); see karyo- + type.
Example
- 1. Peripheral blood cytogenetic study revealed a normal male karyotype .
- 2. Karyotype analyses on allium fistulosum and vicia faba .
- 3. Establishment of immortalized lymphoblastoid cell bank of hereditary gingival fibromatosis pedigrees and their karyotype analysis .
- 4. Metaphase chromosome preparation and analysis of karyotype .
- 5. Karyotype analysis of caragana microphylla lam .