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-onomics

-onomics is the alternative form of -omics.

-onomics is the alternative form of -nomics.

Meaning of -omics

Suffix

-omics

  1. 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

Meaning of -nomics

Suffix (1)

-nomics

  1. The rules of a discipline.

Suffix (2)

-nomics

  1. Used to form nouns meaning the economics, economic practises, or economic philosophy of a specified person or state.

Questions about -onomics

What is -onomics the alternative form of?
-onomics is the alternative form of -omics.

Words near -onomics in the dictionary

  1. -oncus
  2. -one
  3. -onic
  4. -onidine
  5. -onium
  6. -onomics
  7. -onomy
  8. -ont
  9. -onym
  10. -onymy
  11. -oomer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -onomics (page history and authors); -omics (page history and authors); -nomics (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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