genomicize

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verb

To make genomic; to apply to the field of genomics.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

verbgenomicize (third-person singular simple present genomicizes, present participle genomicizing, simple past and past participle genomicized)

present singular third person genomicizes · participle present genomicizing · participle past genomicized · past genomicized · alternative genomicise

  1. transitivebiologyTo make genomic; to apply to the field of genomics.

    A plan to ‘genomicize’ epigenomics research and pave the way for breakthroughs in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human disease.

    2008 August 7, The American Association for Cancer Research Human Epigenome Task Force; European Union, Network of Excellence, Scientific Advisory Board, “Moving AHEAD with an international human epigenome project”, in Nature, volume 454, →DOI, page 711
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    We are far from understanding how organisms with small genomes function, let alone how the human genome is organized. As more and more scientific disciplines get “genomicized”, the field will undergo continual transformation, thus a book like this one can only capture a flavor and a moment in time.

    2002, Christoph W. Sensen, “Introduction”, in Christoph W. Sensen, editor, Essentials of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, →ISBN, page 2

Origin

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