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psychogenetics

psychogenetics noun: the branch of psychiatry or genetics that studies the effect of genetic inheritance on mental illness.

Noun

psychogenetics (uncountable)

  1. The branch of psychiatry or genetics that studies the effect of genetic inheritance on mental illness.

Origin of psychogenetics

From psycho- + genetics.

Questions about psychogenetics

What does psychogenetics mean?
Psychogenetics means the branch of psychiatry or genetics that studies the effect of genetic inheritance on mental illness.
What part of speech is psychogenetics?
Psychogenetics is a noun.

Words near psychogenetics in the dictionary

  1. psychogenetic
  2. psychogenetical
  3. psychogenetically
  4. psychogeneticist
  5. psychogeneticists
  6. psychogenetics
  7. psychogenic
  8. psychogenic alopecia
  9. psychogenic amnesia
  10. psychogenic nonepileptic seizure
  11. psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

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