English Explanatory Dictionary

omics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several biological subfields that aim to identify or characterize the totality of a certain type of biological entity, e.g. genomics (for genes) or proteomics (for proteins).

Word forms

omics 'omics -omics

Etymology

From the suffix -omics, from -ome + -ics. Compare ology.

Related words

ome -ome omic

Derived words

dual-omics multi-omics pan-omics
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