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Genetics   /dʒənˈɛtɪks/   Listen
Genetics

noun
1.
The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms.  Synonym: genetic science.



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... inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, evolution, revolution; diversion; break. transformation, transfiguration; metamorphosis; transmutation; deoxidization [Chem]; transubstantiation; [Genetics], mutagenesis transanimation^, transmigration, metempsychosis^; avatar; alterative. conversion &c (gradual change) 144; revolution &c (sudden or radical change) 146, inversion &c (reversal) 218; displacement &c 185; transference &c 270. changeableness &c 149; tergiversation ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



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