ome

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noun

The totality of a certain type of biological entity in an organism etc., e.g. the genome or proteome.

Less commonScrabble 5

Meanings

ome1

nounome (plural omes)

plural omes

  1. 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, →DOI
    2 more examples

    The four basic omes, their major interactions, and the evolution of other human omes.

    2012, OMICS: Biomedical Perspectives and Applications, →ISBN, page 190

    Proposing 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

nounOME (plural OMEs)

plural OMEs

  1. abbreviationinitialismengineeringInitialism of order of magnitude estimate.
  2. abbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of otitis media with effusion.

Ome3

proper noun
  1. A town and commune Brescia, Lombardy, Italy.

Origin

ome · noun

From the suffix -ome. Compare ology.

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Ome · proper noun

  1. LombardÓme
  2. EnglishOme

Borrowed from Lombard Óme.

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Translations

French Ome
  • Ometown and commune

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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