CYTOTAXONOMY


Meaning of CYTOTAXONOMY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsī-tō-(ˌ)tak-ˈsä-nə-mē ]

noun

Date: 1930

1. : study of the relationships and classification of organisms using both classical systematic techniques and comparative studies of chromosomes

2. : the nuclear cytologic makeup of a kind of organism

• cy·to·tax·o·nom·ic -ˌtak-sə-ˈnä-mik adjective

• cy·to·tax·o·nom·i·cal·ly -mi-k(ə-)lē adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.