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-omics
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omics
English
Alternative forms
en -nomics
en -onomics
Etymology
From en -ome ics whole of class, both via international scientific vocabulary and New Latin ultimately from en grc -.
Suffix
en chiefly biology Forms nouns meaning “a study of the totality of something”.
Life sciences usage
en gene genomics
en protein proteomics
en metabolism metabolomics
en glyco- glycomics
Lesser popular usage
en food foodomics
en culture culturomics
en token tokenomics
Derived terms
en
Related terms
en -ome ome omic omics
Noun
* 1
en omics.
See also
Appendix:Suffixes -ome and -omics
en -chrome
en -drome
en -ic
en -ics
en -some
Further reading
omics
Anagrams
en cimos micos osmic