omics

American  

[om-iks] / ˈɒm ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. a group of biological sciences, including genomics and proteomics, each seeking to quantify and describe the entire collection of biological molecules of a particular type, such as the genome or proteome of an organism, and how it determines the structure, function, and interactions of the organism or system of which it is a part.

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Other Word Forms

• omic adjective

Etymology

Origin of omics

First recorded in 2005–10; extracted from -omics as in genomics

Example Sentences

Top disease-associated genes and pathways across regions, omics, and/or traits implicated biological processes in both neuronal and non-neuronal cells.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

The authors also caution that they did not fully characterize all cell-subtypes and cell states, and that future studies are required to understand contrasting molecular signals across omics or brain regions.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

The researchers combined eight cutting-edge omics technologies, including single-cell RNA sequencing, whole-genome sequencing, and spatial transcriptomics to map and localise genes expressed in the tissue.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

Nature Methods has crowned single-cell multimodal omics as its Method of the Year 2019.

From Nature • Jan. 6, 2020

"Sometimes the glamour of the technology or the sheer volume of omics data seem to make investigators forget basic scientific principles," said McShane at the IOM meeting.

From Nature • Mar. 23, 2011