-omics

See also: omics

English

Alternative forms

• -nomics
• -onomics

Etymology

-ome (“whole of class”) +‎ -ics, both via international scientific vocabulary and New Latin ultimately from Ancient Greek

Suffix

-omics

1. (chiefly biology) Forms nouns meaning “a study of the totality of something”.

   Life sciences usage

   ‎gene + ‎-omics → ‎genomics

   ‎protein + ‎-omics → ‎proteomics

   ‎metabolism + ‎-omics → ‎metabolomics

   ‎glyco- + ‎-omics → ‎glycomics

   Looser popular usage

   ‎food + ‎-omics → ‎foodomics

   ‎culture + ‎-omics → ‎culturomics

   ‎token + ‎-omics → ‎tokenomics

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -omics

Related terms

• -ome
• ome
• omic
• omics

See also

• Appendix:Suffixes -ome and -omics
• -chrome
• -drome
• -ic
• -ics
• -some

Further reading

• omics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• micos, osmic