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caryology

caryology is the alternative form of karyology.

Meaning of karyology

Noun

karyology (countable and uncountable, plural karyologies)

  1. The study of the nuclei of cells, especially with regard to the chromosomes which they contain.
  2. The characteristics of a particular cellular nucleus or group of nuclei, or of the chromosomes therein.

Questions about caryology

What is caryology the alternative form of?
Caryology is the alternative form of karyology.

Words near caryology in the dictionary

  1. caryocyte
  2. caryodid
  3. caryodids
  4. caryokinesis
  5. caryokinetic
  6. caryology
  7. caryonidal
  8. caryonide
  9. caryonides
  10. caryophyllaceous
  11. caryophyllene

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caryology (page history and authors); karyology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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