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metagenomics en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English genomics English metagenomics From meta- + genomics.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The study of genomes recovered from environmental samples; especially the differentiation of genomes from multiple organisms or individuals, either in a symbiotic relationship, or at a crime scene.

Relateds

metagenome · metabiome · metagenomic

Translations (3)

es metagenómica (study of genomes from environmental samples) · de Metagenomik (study of genomes from environmental samples) · it metagenomica (study of genomes from environmental samples)