Ome
Origin
From the suffix -ome. Compare ology.
Full definition of ome
Noun
ome
(plural omes)- (biology) The totality of a certain type of biological molecule, such as the genome or proteome.
- 2012, OMICS: Biomedical Perspectives and Applications, The four basic omes, their major interactions, and the evolution of other human omes.
- 2013, George M. Church, Reading and writing omes, The series is launched with a review from the Snyder group on reading human omes
- 2016, J. A. Stallins, D. M. Law, S. A. Strosberg, & J. J. Rossi, Geography and postgenomics: how space and place are the new DNA, Proposing a new ome has become a way of validating the importance, relevance, and financial promise of a research program.