Associations to the word «Karyotype»

Wiktionary

KARYOTYPE, noun. (genetics) The observed characteristics (number, type, shape, etc) of the chromosomes of an individual or species.
KARYOTYPE, noun. (genetics) A record of such characteristics, usually photographic.
KARYOTYPE, noun. (obsolete) (genetics) A group of individuals or species that have the same chromosomal characteristics.
KARYOTYPE, verb. To investigate or record such characteristics

Dictionary definition

KARYOTYPE, 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).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats