metabolomics

noun

me·​tab·​o·​lo·​mics mə-ˈta-bə-ˌlō-miks 

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plural in form but singular in construction

: the scientific study and analysis of the metabolites produced by a cell, tissue, or organism

After genomics and proteomics … will come metabolomics, the ability to measure all the metabolites the body uses and generates, in real time.

—Steve Chapple

To analyse the tumour cells' metabolism, they used a technique called "metabolomics." This involves crushing live tumour cells and measuring the metabolites they contain using a mass spectrometer.

—Michael Slezak

metabolomic

mə-ˈta-bə-ˌlō-mik 

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adjective

metabolomic research

Word History

Etymology

metabolome "total complement of metabolites in a cell" (from metabol(ite) + -ome—in genome) + -ics, after genomics

First Known Use

1999, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for metabolomics

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