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genomics

genomics

13 7.0
The study of all the DNA in a living thing, its structure and function
  • noun
  • /dʒɪˈnoʊmɪks/
  • Specialized
translation icon : genómica
  • Advancements in genomics have revolutionized our approach to personalized medicine and disease prevention.
  • functional genomics
  • comparative genomics
  • nutritional genomics

So I went for a bit of fasting and then I did my sensory genomics test.

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Examples

  • Finally, by the year 2030, comprehensive genomics-based health care will be the norm.

    Academic text (2001)
  • So what we're trying to create is this new center at MIT for genomics and therapeutics that basically says, can we facilitate this translation?

  • Well, we developed the technology in the human genomics lab about 20 years ago.

  • But there are a lot of problems that genomics isn't going to address.

  • I believe that the time is upon us where everyone has the ability to have their genomics read and deciphered.

  • That's one thing that genomics has taught us.

    Academic text (2009)
  • In the age of genomics, hybrids should enjoy even greater popularity with biologists.

    Academic text (2002)
  • In genetic disease, you're looking at genomics, you're looking at DNA.

  • Functional genomics has revealed that the trees with low insect populations carry genes for stress resistance.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Future development of scholarship will be in nutritional genomics, health disparities, and metabolism.

    Academic text (2005)

Compounds

functional genomics
  • Specialized
1 6.2

A part of biology that studies what genes do and how they work together

structural genomics
  • Specialized
7.3

To find the three-dimensional shapes of many proteins

Surface Forms

genomics singular
genomics plural

Morphology

genomics = genome (transparent) = genome + ics

Standard formation of a scientific discipline from 'genome' + '-ics'; the meaning 'study of genomes' is directly derived.

Etymology

Genomics comes from the familiar word gene ('a unit of heredity' or 'a piece of DNA') and the ending -omics (which means 'the study of a whole set'). So, genomics is the study of all an organism's genes, its complete DNA.