Karyotype Definition

kărē-ə-tīp
karyotyped, karyotypes, karyotyping
noun
The general appearance, including size, number, and shape, of the set of somatic chromosomes.
Webster's New World
A photomicrograph of chromosomes arranged according to a standard classification.
American Heritage Medicine

(genetics) A record of such characteristics, usually photographic.

Wiktionary
verb
To analyze and determine (a karyotype)
Webster's New World
To classify and array (the chromosome complement of an organism or a species) according to the arrangement, number, size, shape, or other characteristics of the chromosomes.
American Heritage
To classify and array the chromosome complement of an organism or a species according to the arrangement, number, size, shape, or other characteristics of the chromosomes.
American Heritage Medicine
To investigate or record such characteristics.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Karyotype

Noun

Singular:
karyotype
Plural:
chromosomal-localizations, karyotypes

Origin of Karyotype

  • From Russian кариотип (kariotip), corresponding to karyo- + -type.

    From Wiktionary

Karyotype Sentence Examples

  • A special type of blood test called a karyotype may be done to analyze the girl's chromosomes if the doctor suspects Turner's syndrome or another genetic disorder.

  • Both amniocentesis and CVS allow the baby's own karyotype to be determined.

  • Both partners of one couple had an abnormal karyotype.

  • An abnormal karyotype was demonstrated in 57% of patients.

  • However, the identification of all chromosomal aberrations in a complex karyotype was often not possible from such patterns.

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Words Starting With

KKAKAR

Words Ending With

EPEYPE

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