— cytotaxonomic /suy'toh tak'seuh nom"ik/ , adj. — cytotaxonomically , adv. — cytotaxonomist , n.
/suy'toh tak son"euh mee/ , n.
a branch of taxonomy in which characteristics of cellular structures, particularly of somatic chromosomes, are used to classify organisms.
[ 1925-30; CYTO- + TAXONOMY ]