-omics

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Forms nouns meaning “a study of the totality of something”.

“Lesser popular usage food + -omics → foodomics culture + -omics → culturomics token + -omics → tokenomics”

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Meanings

suffix

alternative -nomics · alternative -onomics

  1. biologyForms nouns meaning “a study of the totality of something”.

    Lesser popular usage food + -omics → foodomics culture + -omics → culturomics token + -omics → tokenomics

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    Life sciences usage gene + -omics → genomics protein + -omics → proteomics metabolism + -omics → metabolomics glyco- + -omics → glycomics

noun-omics (plural -omics)

alternative -nomics · alternative -onomics

  1. alternativeAlternative form of omics.

Origin

From -ome (“whole of class”) + -ics, both via international scientific vocabulary and New Latin ultimately from Ancient Greek.

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Cite this entry
APA

-omics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-omics

MLA

“-omics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-omics. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-omics,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-omics.

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