geneticist

[ juh-net-uh-sist ]

noun

1. a specialist or expert in genetics.

Word History and Origins

Origin of geneticist¹

First recorded in 1910–15; genetic + -ist

Example Sentences

"She just wasn’t putting on weight despite having tube feeds, extra calories, and also her development was delayed and we just didn’t know what was going on," says Dr Emma Kivuva, clinical geneticist at the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

From BBC

World-renowned geneticist and diabetes expert Dr. Arthur Riggs also donated $100 million in 2021 to his longtime employer City of Hope before he passed away from a battle with a type of blood cancer known as lymphoma.

From Los Angeles Times

Geneticist Marlena Fejzo lost a pregnancy after a doctor downplayed the seriousness of her HG.

From Slate

The School of Biological Sciences had previously been named after faculty member Francisco J. Ayala, a famed geneticist who gave the school $10 million he’d earned from his highly profitable vineyards.

From Los Angeles Times

“It is a herculean work,” says geneticist Jorge Dubcovsky of the University of California, Davis, who wasn’t involved in the study.

From Science Magazine