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-omics

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noun

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

  1. Alternative form of omics.

suffix

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

  1. Forms nouns meaning “a study of the totality of something”.

    Life sciences usage gene + -omics → genomics protein + -omics → proteomics metabolism + -omics → metabolomics glyco- + -omics → glycomics

    Lesser popular usage food + -omics → foodomics culture + -omics → culturomics token + -omics → tokenomics

-omics — meaning, definition (suffix) · Vinony