-omics
See also: omics
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From -ome (“whole of class”) + -ics, both via international scientific vocabulary and New Latin ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Suffix
[edit]-omics
- (chiefly biology) 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
- Life sciences usage
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]-omics (plural -omics)
- Alternative form of omics.
