exome

English

Etymology

exon +‎ -ome

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛksoʊm/

Noun

exome (plural exomes)

1. (genetics) The complete exon content of an organism or individual; the subset of the genome that excludes introns. [from 2008]

Usage notes

Do not confuse an exome with an exosome.

Hypernyms

• genome

Derived terms

• exomewide
• exomic

Translations

complete exon content

• Finnish: eksomi
• Spanish: exoma m