pharmacogenomics

noun

The study of genes that code for enzymes that metabolize drugs, and the design of tailor-made drugs adapted to an individual's genetic make-up.

OriginEnglish genomics ← Ancient Greek φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon) →
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Meanings

nounpharmacogenomics (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe study of genes that code for enzymes that metabolize drugs, and the design of tailor-made drugs adapted to an individual's genetic make-up.

    In addition to the results of the cancer studies described above, studies of a large research cohort exposed to many kinds of therapies may provide early insights into pharmacogenomics — enabling the provision of the right drug at the right dose to the right patient.

    2015 February 26, Francis S. Collins, Harold Varmus, “A New Initiative on Precision Medicine”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 372, number 9, →DOI, page 795

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekφάρμᾰκον (phármăkon)
  2. Englishpharmaco-
  3. Englishgenomics
  4. Englishpharmacogenomics

From pharmaco- + genomics.

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Translations

Finnish farmakogenetiikka
  • farmakogenetiikkastudy of genes that code for enzymes that metabolize drugs
Italian farmagenomica, farmacogenomica
  • farmagenomicastudy of genes that code for enzymes that metabolize drugs
  • farmacogenomicastudy of genes that code for enzymes that metabolize drugs
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