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geneticist

American  
[juh-net-uh-sist] / dʒəˈnɛt ə sɪst /

noun

  1. a specialist or expert in genetics.


Etymology

Origin of geneticist

First recorded in 1910–15; genetic + -ist

Example Sentences

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Powell, the geneticist in Indiana, is a cancer biologist by training and has heard similar claims before.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

It grew out of a collaboration supported by the Knight Initiative between the Stanford labs of geneticist Anne Brunet and bioengineer Karl Deisseroth, the study's senior authors.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

It wasn’t just the incident with the gown, or the geneticist assuring me that prostate cancer would be my major BRCA-related concern.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

She is an Indian-born Welsh medical geneticist and an honorary professor at Cardiff University.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

In September 1966, a geneticist named Stanley Gartler walked up to the podium at a hotel in Bedford, Pennsylvania.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot