genomics

1. 1.

   the branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences)

   Broadergenetics

   Narrowerfunctional genomicsstructural genomics

Other forms of genomics

plural

genomicses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about genomics

What does genomics mean?

genomics means "the branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences)".

How many syllables are in genomics?

genomics has 3 syllables: ge-no-mics. The stress falls on "no". In IPA it is /ˌdʒiˈnoʊmɪks/.

Is genomics a common word?

genomics is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.