Meanings
ome1
plural omes
- biologyThe totality of a certain type of biological entity in an organism etc., e.g. the genome or proteome.
The series is launched with a review from the Snyder group on reading human omes
2013, George M. Church, “Reading and writing omes”, in Molecular Systems Biology, →DOI2 more examples
The four basic omes, their major interactions, and the evolution of other human omes.
2012, OMICS: Biomedical Perspectives and Applications, →ISBN, page 190Proposing a new ome has become a way of validating the importance, relevance, and financial promise of a research program.
2016, J. A. Stallins, D. M. Law, S. A. Strosberg, J. J. Rossi, “Geography and postgenomics: how space and place are the new DNA”, in GeoJournal, →DOI, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2022
OME2
plural OMEs
- abbreviationinitialismengineeringInitialism of order of magnitude estimate.
- abbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of otitis media with effusion.
Ome3
Origin
Ome · proper noun
- LombardÓme
- EnglishOme
Borrowed from Lombard Óme.
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French Ome
- Ometown and commune
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