Where does “karyotype” come from?
Karyotype comes from Russian кариотип, a scientific term coined from Greek káry- (nut, kernel) and -type (form, pattern), referring to the visual appearance of an organism's chromosomes.
karyotype (English): The observed characteristics of the chromosomes...
Definitions
- The observed characteristics of the chromosomes...
Ancestry of “karyotype”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | кариотип | — |
Words derived from “karyotype”