-omics

== English == === Alternative forms === -nomics -onomics === Etymology === From -ome (“whole of class”) +‎ -ics, both via international scientific vocabulary and New Latin ultimately from Ancient Greek. === Suffix === -omics (chiefly biology) Forms nouns meaning “a study of the totality of something”. Life sciences usage ‎gene + ‎-omics → ‎genomics ‎protein + ‎-omics → ‎proteomics ‎metabolism + ‎-omics → ‎metabolomics ‎glyco- + ‎-omics → ‎glycomics Lesser popular usage ‎food + ‎-omics → ‎foodomics ‎culture + ‎-omics → ‎culturomics ‎token + ‎-omics → ‎tokenomics ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === -omics (plural -omics) Alternative form of omics. === See also === Appendix:Suffixes -ome and -omics -chrome -drome -ic -ics -some === Further reading === omics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === micos, osmic