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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 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

James Watson, the geneticist who discovered DNA’s double-helix structure, died Nov. 6 at 97, his late-life goal within reach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

This earlier study drew the attention of a medical geneticist in Europe who had encountered two patients with unexplained muscle weakness and coordination problems.

From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2025

Partly by happenstance, the U.S. geneticist James Neel and the U.S. anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon flew into Yanomami country in the midst of the epidemic.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann