noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The study of the complete genome of an organism. uncountable
2. 2
   the branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences) wordnet

Example

More examples

"Recently, the American Museum of Natural History established the Institute for Comparative Genomics."

Etymology

From gene + -omics or genome + -ics.

Related phrases

chemical genomicsfunctional genomics

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