Main Entry: ge·no·mics

Pronunciation: \jē-ˈnō-miks, jə-\

Function: noun plural but singular in construction

: a branch of biotechnology concerned with applying the techniques of genetics and molecular biology to the genetic mapping and DNA sequencing of sets of genes or the complete genomes of selected organisms using high-speed methods, with organizing the results in databases, and with applications of the data (as in medicine or biology)—compare proteomics