Etymology

metagenome

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Today it means: All the genetic material present in an environmental sample, consisting of the genomes of many individual organisms. Full definition →

English genome ← Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)
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  1. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  2. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  3. Englishmeta-
  4. Englishgenome
  5. English todaymetagenome

From meta- + genome.

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