Main Entry: ge·net·ics

Pronunciation: \jə-ˈne-tiks\

Function: noun plural but singular in construction

Date: 1905

1 : a branch of biology that deals with the heredity and variation of organisms
2 : the genetic makeup and phenomena of an organism, type, group, or condition

— ge·net·i·cist \-ˈne-tə-sist\ noun