Meanings
nounmetabolomics (uncountable)
- uncountablebiochemistryThe study of the range of metabolites present in a person's body at normal times, and when suffering from specific diseases; may be useful as a diagnostic tool.
In order to understand these effects, a comprehensive analysis in which all the metabolites of a biological system are identified and quantified is needed. Since such an approach reveals the metabolome of the biological system under study, this approach should be called metabolomics.
2002, Oliver Fiehn, “Metabolomics – the link between genotypes and phenotypes”, in Plant Molecular Biology, volume 48, page 155
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
- Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
- Ancient Greekμετα- (meta-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
- Ancient Greekβάλλω (bállō)
- Ancient Greekμεταβάλλω (metabállō)
- Ancient Greekμετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ)
- Englishmetabolism
- Englishmetabolite
- Englishmetabolomics
From metabolite + -omics.
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German Metabolomik
- MetabolomikTranslations
Italian metabolomica
- metabolomicaTranslations
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metabolomics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metabolomics
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“metabolomics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metabolomics. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metabolomics,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metabolomics.
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