-omics
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See also: omics
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
-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
- Looser popular usage
- food + -omics → foodomics
- culture + -omics → culturomics
- token + -omics → tokenomics
- Life sciences usage
