proteomics

pro·te·o·mics

noun pl but singular in constr \ˌprōt-ē-ˈō-miks\

Definition of PROTEOMICS

: 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 (as in medicine or biology)—compare genomics

—pro·te·o·mic \-mik\ adjective