genetics
noun
1 genetics
The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms.
synonym: genetic science.
Roget 359:
life,
vitality,
viability;
animation;
vital spark,
vital flame,
soul,
spirit.
respiration,
wind;
breath of life,
breath of one's nostrils;
oxygen,
air.
[devices to sustain respiration]
respirator,
artificial respirator,
heart and lung machine,
iron lung;
medical devices
etc.
662.
lifeblood;
Archeus†;
existence
etc.
1.
vivification;
vital force;
vitalization;
revivification
etc.
163;
Prometheus;
life to come
etc.
(destiny)
152.
[Science of life]
physiology,
biology;
animal ecology.
nourishment,
staff of life
etc.
(food)
298.
genetics,
heredity,
inheritance,
evolution,
natural selection,
reproduction
(production)
161.
microbe,
aerobe,
anaerobe,
facultative anaerobe,
obligate aerobe,
obligate anaerobe,
halophile [Micro.],
methanogen [Micro.],
archaebacteria [Micro.],
microaerophile [Micro.].
animal
etc.
366;
vegetable
etc.
367.
artificial life,
robot,
robotics,
artificial intelligence.
[vital signs]
breathing,
breathing rate,
heartbeat,
pulse,
temperature.
preservation of life,
healing
(medicine)
662.
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Dutch: genetica
Polish: genetyka
Moby thesaurus: Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn theory, Weismann theory, Weismannism, Wiesner theory, aerobiology, agrobiology, allele, allelomorph, anatomy, astrobiology, bacteriology, biochemics, biochemistry, biochemy, bioecology, biological science, biology, biometrics, biometry, bionics, bionomics, biophysics, birth, botany, cell physiology, character, chromatid, chromatin, chromosome, cryobiology, cybernetics, cytology, determinant, determiner, diathesis, ecology, electrobiology, embryology, endowment, enzymology, ethnobiology, eugenics, exobiology, factor, gene, genesiology, genetic code, gnotobiotics, hereditability, heredity, heritability, heritage, inborn capacity, inheritability, inheritance, life science, matrocliny, microbiology, molecular biology, patrocliny, pharmacogenetics, pharmacology, physiology, radiobiology, recessive character, replication, taxonomy, virology, xenobiology, zoology ... show more.
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