Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geneticist

/d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪ.sɪst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: ge-neti-cist
IPA: /d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪ.sɪst/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A scientist who studies genes.

noun

A physician who diagnoses, treats, and counsels patients with genetic disorders or syndromes.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

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”).

Inflected Forms

geneticists (plural)

Derived Forms

archaeogeneticist cytogeneticist immunogeneticist neurogeneticist nongeneticist oncogeneticist ontogeneticist palaeogeneticist paleogeneticist phylogeneticist psychogeneticist

Questions

How do you pronounce geneticist?: The recorded pronunciation is /d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪ.sɪst/.
What does geneticist mean?: A scientist who studies genes.
Where does geneticist come from?: 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”).

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