ge·net·i·cist

[juh-net-uh-sist]
noun
a specialist or expert in genetics.

Origin:
1910–15; genetic + -ist

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geneticist (dʒɪˈnɛtɪsɪst) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a person who studies or specializes in genetics

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geneticist ge·net·i·cist (jə-nět'ĭ-sĭst)
n.
A specialist in genetics.

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Example sentences
Now a maverick geneticist says she may have the answer.
The molecular geneticist gets dozens every week, all begging for the same thing-a miracle.
The doctor writes up his observations and sends them to a geneticist friend.
Recently an evolutionary geneticist told me that his colleagues who worked with mice really didn't have their stuff together.
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