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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
-omics en · NOUN
Etymology
From -ome (“whole of class”) + -ics, both via international scientific vocabulary and New Latin ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of omics.
Forms
Relateds
-some · -drome · -chrome · -ics · -ic
wikipedia: international scientific vocabulary
-omics en · X
Etymology
From -ome (“whole of class”) + -ics, both via international scientific vocabulary and New Latin ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Meanings
-
(morpheme) 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
Forms
Relateds
omic · -ome · ome · omics
wikipedia: international scientific vocabulary