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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One who specializes in genetics.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a scientist who specializes in genetics.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun genetics A scientist who studies genes.
  • noun medicine A physician who diagnoses, treats, and counsels patients with genetic disorders or syndromes.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a biologist who specializes in genetics

Etymologies

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genetic (related to genes) + -ist (person following a profession or interest)

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