genome

noun

ge·​nome ˈjē-ˌnōm 

: one haploid set of chromosomes with the genes they contain

broadly : the genetic material of an organism compare proteome

Examples of genome in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

First, the researchers sequenced and assembled the genomes of five species of octocoral, identifying a common set of five clustered genes that looked to be involved in producing diterpenoids. —Paul McClure 13, New Atlas, 13 June 2025

An international team of researchers has unlocked ancient genomes (aDNA) from Papua New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago for the very first time. —Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2025

The researchers also examined more than 2,700 genomes of modern plague samples from Asia, Africa, and North and South America. —Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 3 June 2025

Envision precision medicine that accounts not just for your genome but for your exposome – the totality of environmental factors affecting your health from moment to moment. —Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

German Genom, from Gen gene + -om (as in Chromosom chromosome)

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing genome

• genome editing

Rhymes for genome

• biome
• megohm
• nichrome
• noisome
• prodrome
• radome
• rhizome
• shalom
• syndrome
• acrosome
• aerodrome
• catacomb

Medical Definition

genome

noun

ge·​nome ˈjē-ˌnōm 

: one haploid set of chromosomes with the genes they contain

broadly : the genetic material of an organism

The idea behind sequencing an organism's genome—decoding, letter by letter, the message contained in every last one of its genes—is that it would tell us a lot about how the organism works.

—Lori Oliwenstein, Discover