karyology

karyology
The branch of cytology that deals with the study of the cell nucleus, its organelles, structures, and functions. [karyo + -logy]

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kar·y·ol·o·gy .kar-ē-'äl-ə-jē n, pl -gies
1) the minute cytological characteristics of the cell nucleus esp. with regard to the chromosomes of a single cell or of the cells of an organism or group of organisms
2) a branch of cytology concerned with the karyology of cell nuclei
kar·y·o·log·i·cal -ē-ə-'läj-i-kəl also kar·y·o·log·ic -ik adj
kar·y·o·log·i·cal·ly -i-k(ə-)lē adv

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