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Record 1 2014-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
  • Biological Sciences
OBS

... -omics [is a] suffix ... derived from ... genomics (the study of the genome).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie
  • Sciences biologiques
OBS

Selon une analyse étymologique, le suffixe -omique tire son origine du mot sanscrit «OM», qui désigne la complétude et la plénitude [...] En combinant le mot «gène» avec ce suffixe, [on a] ajouté le terme «génomique» au lexique scientifique [...] en 1987[. Ce suffixe indique] des quantités énormes de données à des niveaux biologiques multiples [qui] peuvent couvrir tous les mécanismes impliqués dans les variations qui se produisent dans les réseaux cellulaires et qui influencent le fonctionnement des systèmes organiques dans leur totalité [...]

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