English Explanatory Dictionary

-omics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Forms nouns meaning “a study of the totality of something”.
noun
  1. Alternative form of omics.

Word forms

-omics -nomics -onomics

Etymology

From -ome (“whole of class”) + -ics, both via international scientific vocabulary and New Latin ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Related words

-ome ome omic omics -chrome -drome -ic -ics -some
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