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virome en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈvaɪ.ɹoʊm/ (General-American)
  • /ˈvaɪ.ɹəʊm/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Blend of virus + genome or from viro- + -ome.

Meanings

  1. The genomes of all the viruses that inhabit a particular organism or environment.
    • Nevertheless, the comprehensive comparative analysis of pumpkin viromes across various geographic regions by NGS remains deficient. 2023 August 14, Batchimeg Togoobat, Nan Wu, Xifeng Wang, Mengji Cao, Zhongtian Xu, “Viromic approach reveals differences in the composition, diversity and relative abundance of pumpkin viruses across main growing regions of China”, in Virology, volume 585, →DOI, pages 61-71:
    • Scientists now have discovered another realm within our habitat — the virome, a large community of viruses. 2010 July 19, “A Universe of Us”, in The New York Times:

Forms

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Deriveds

metavirome · provirome · cellular virome

Relateds

viromic · viromics · viriome · metagenomics

Translations (2)

fi viromi (genome) · pt viroma (genome)