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genomic

adjectiveC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #15,049 of 15,258mostly written

Genomic means to do with the complete set of genes. Genomic sequencing.

Reading a whole genome cost billions in 2003 and costs a few hundred pounds now. Genomic data is the most personal information there is and cannot be anonymised.

Definitions of genomic

  1. 1adjectivegenomicTo do with the complete set of genes.C2

    “The genomic testing found nothing anybody could act on.”

genomic is a quality.

Where it comes from

  1. German

    Genom

  2. English

    genome

  3. English, today

    genomic

From genome + -ic. genome comes from earlier genom, from German Genom, coined by Hans Winkler in 1920 as a Gen and Chromosom. by surface analysis, gen(e) + gene + ome, or a gen(e) and (chromos)ome. Spelling altered to reflect the surface analysis.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

genomic in the wild

  • The study of the genome is called genomics.

    Genome

  • Forms of genomic imprinting have been demonstrated in fungi, plants and animals.

    Genomic imprinting

  • Advances in genomics have triggered a revolution in discovery-based research and systems biology to facilitate understanding of even the most complex biological systems such as the brain.

    Genomics

  • Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) is a non-profit genomics research institute founded by J.

    J. Craig Venter Institute

  • The institute studies the societal implications of genomics in addition to genomics itself.

    J. Craig Venter Institute

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the Genom family

genome

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