Main Entry:

pro·te·o·mics

Pronunciation:

\ˌprō-tē-ˈō-miks\

Function:

noun plural but singular in construction

Date:

1997

: a branch of biotechnology concerned with applying the techniques of molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetics to analyzing the structure, function, and interactions of the proteins produced by the genes of a particular cell, tissue, or organism, with organizing the information in databases, and with applications of the data — compare genomics

— pro·te·o·mic \-mik\ adjective