English

Alternative forms

• caryology

Noun

karyology ‎(plural karyologies)

1. (biology, medicine) The study of the nuclei of cells, especially with regard to the chromosomes which they contain.
2. (biology, medicine) The characteristics of a particular cellular nucleus or group of nuclei, or of the chromosomes therein.

References

• “karyology” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• “karyology” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007)
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.