-omics
suffixEtymology From -ome (“whole of class”) + -ics, both via international scientific vocabulary and New Latin ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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Biology, Natural sciences Morpheme 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
- Lesser popular usage food + -omics → foodomics culture + -omics → culturomics token + -omics → tokenomics