Meanings
nountranscriptome (plural transcriptomes)
plural transcriptomes
- biochemistryThe complete set of RNA molecules (transcripts) produced in a cell or a population of cells.
Within three weeks, he had a partial ‘transcriptome’ of the ctenophore – some 5,000 or 6,000 gene sequences that were actively turned on in the animal’s nerve cells.
2017 August 1, Douglas Fox, “Aliens in our midst”, in Aeon, archived from the original on 26 May 2019
Origin
Translations
Catalan transcriptoma
- transcriptomaset of messenger RNA molecules
Chinese Mandarin 轉錄組 /转录组
- 轉錄組 /转录组 (zhuǎnlùzǔ)set of messenger RNA molecules
Finnish transkriptomi
- transkriptomiset of messenger RNA molecules
French transcriptome
- transcriptomeset of messenger RNA molecules
German Transkriptom
- Transkriptomset of messenger RNA molecules
Greek μεταγράφωμα
- μεταγράφωμα (metagráfoma)set of messenger RNA molecules
Polish transkryptom
- transkryptomset of messenger RNA molecules
Portuguese transcriptoma
- transcriptomaset of messenger RNA molecules
Spanish transcriptoma
- transcriptomaset of messenger RNA molecules
Cite this entry
APA
transcriptome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transcriptome
MLA
“transcriptome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transcriptome. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transcriptome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transcriptome.
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