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GENETIC PROFILING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genetic profiling mean?
• GENETIC PROFILING (noun)
The noun GENETIC PROFILING has 1 sense:
1. the procedure of analyzing the DNA in samples of a person's body tissue or body fluid for the purpose of identification
Familiarity information: GENETIC PROFILING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The procedure of analyzing the DNA in samples of a person's body tissue or body fluid for the purpose of identification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
genetic fingerprinting; genetic profiling
Hypernyms ("genetic profiling" is a kind of...):
procedure; process (a particular course of action intended to achieve a result)
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