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Synonyms

informatics

American  
[in-fer-mat-iks] / ˌɪn fərˈmæt ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. the study of information processing; computer science.


informatics British  
/ ˌɪnfəˈmætɪks /

noun

  1. (functioning as singular) another term for information science

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Etymology

Origin of informatics

Translation of Russian informátika (1966); see information, -ics

Example Sentences

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He’s a UC Irvine informatics professor who has been a die-hard White Sox fan ever since winning free tickets as a kid to a game at the old Comiskey.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

GatorTron™ models are the site's only models available for clinical research, according to the article's lead author Yonghui Wu, Ph.D., from the UF College of Medicine's department of health outcomes and biomedical informatics.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023

“It helps me fill in the blanks,” says Pritsky, a graduate student in biomedical informatics at Stanford University.

From Scientific American • Oct. 10, 2023

“If the process was transparent to begin with, it would be put everyone in the same playing field,” said Harper, who is about to begin his junior year studying informatics.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2023

“Most of us want to trust and respect our doctors,” said Dr. Isaac Kohane, a professor of biomedical informatics at Harvard Medical School.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2023