KARYOTYPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does karyotype mean? 

• KARYOTYPE (noun)
  The noun KARYOTYPE has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: KARYOTYPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KARYOTYPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("karyotype" is a kind of...):

composition; constitution; make-up; makeup; physical composition (the way in which someone or something is composed)

 Context examples 

The preparation, analysis, and interpretation of a karyotype, the representation of the chromosome set of a cell.

(Karyotyping, NCI Thesaurus)

Partial moles generally have a triploid karyotype.

(Partial Hydatidiform Mole, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is seen in acute myeloid leukemias usually associated with a normal karyotype.

(CEBPA Gene Mutation, NCI Thesaurus)

It is usually associated with normal karyotype and most cases meet the criteria for acute myeloid leukemia with or without maturation.

(Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Mutated CEBPA, NCI Thesaurus)

It is often associated with gonadal dysgenesis and abnormal karyotype.

(Gonadoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Genetic disease that produces sterile males with small testes lacking sperm due to XXY karyotype.

(Klinefelter syndrome, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

These phenotypes are often seen in the karyotype of cancer cells, where there is an imbalance between the mechanisms of cell-cycle control and mutation rates within aberrant genes.

(Genomic Instability, NCI Thesaurus)

The classic form has the karyotype 47,XXY.

(Klinefelter syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This feature allows a person's chromosomes to be studied in a clinical test known as a karyotype, which allows scientists to look for chromosomal alterations.

(Cytogenetic Map, NCI Thesaurus)

It is usually associated with normal karyotype and frequently has myelomonocytic or monocytic features.

(Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Mutated NPM1, NCI Thesaurus)