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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

Dr Manel Esteller, a geneticist at the University of Barcelona who co-wrote the study, thinks that Morera's yoghurt habit may have given her a high level of helpful bacteria that can reduce inflammation.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

Wallace came up with further data when he began working with James Neel, the geneticist who studied the Yanomami response to measles.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann