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karyoscope

karyoscope noun: a device that images a stained chromosome in order to visualize gene copy number alterations.

Noun

karyoscope (plural karyoscopes)

  1. A device that images a stained chromosome in order to visualize gene copy number alterations

Forms of karyoscope

pluralkaryoscopes

Origin of karyoscope

From karyo- + -scope.

Questions about karyoscope

What does karyoscope mean?
Karyoscope means a device that images a stained chromosome in order to visualize gene copy number alterations.
What part of speech is karyoscope?
Karyoscope is a noun.
What is the plural of karyoscope?
The plural of karyoscope is karyoscopes.

Words near karyoscope in the dictionary

  1. karyorhexic
  2. karyorrhectic
  3. karyorrhexes
  4. karyorrhexic
  5. karyorrhexis
  6. karyoscope
  7. karyoscopes
  8. karyosoma
  9. karyosomal
  10. karyosomata
  11. karyosome

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