CYTOGENETIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cytogenetic mean? 

• CYTOGENETIC (adjective)
  The adjective CYTOGENETIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to cytogenetics

  Familiarity information: CYTOGENETIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYTOGENETIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to cytogenetics

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

cytogenetic; cytogenetical

Pertainym:

cytogenetics (the branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes))

Derivation:

cytogenesis (the origin and development and variation of cells)

 Context examples 

A cytogenetic abnormality that refers to deletion of part of the long arm of chromosome 5.

(Loss of Chromosome 5q, NCI Thesaurus)

Ewing sarcoma and peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor may share cytogenetic abnormalities, proto-oncogene expression, cell culture and immunohistochemical abnormalities.

(Ewing Sarcoma/Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A cytogenetic abnormality that refers to deletion of part of the long arm of chromosome 7.

(Loss of Chromosome 7q, NCI Thesaurus)

This abnormality is the most consistent cytogenetic finding that is detected in meningiomas.

(Deletion of Chromosome 22 Associated Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A cytogenetic abnormality that refers to the allelic loss of the chromosomal arm 1p.

(Loss of Chromosome 1p, NCI Thesaurus)

A cytogenetic abnormality that refers to the allelic loss of the chromosomal arm 19q.

(Loss of Chromosome 19q, NCI Thesaurus)

A cytogenetic abnormality that refers to the allelic loss of all or part of the short arm of chromosome 12.

(Loss of Chromosome 12p, NCI Thesaurus)

An examination of genetic material for the presence or absence of cytogenetic or molecular genetic abnormalities.

(Genetic Study, NCI Thesaurus)

A laboratory test result that indicates the status of a molecular genetic or cytogenetic event in a pathologic process.

(Genetic Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

A structural cytogenetic abnormality characterized by partial or complete loss of chromosome 8.

(Loss of Chromosome 8, NCI Thesaurus)