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bio-informatics

bio-informatics is the alternative spelling of bioinformatics.

Meaning of bioinformatics

Noun

bioinformatics (uncountable)

  1. A field of science in which biology, computer science, and information technology merge into a single discipline to analyse biological information using computers and statistical techniques.
    • The reason, according to bioinformatics researcher Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, one of the founders of the project, is the dissolution of genetic testing biz 23andMe and the potential weaponization of genetic data by authoritarian regimes.2025 April 1, Thomas Claburn, “Genetic data repo OpenSNP to self-destruct before authoritarians weaponize it”, in The Register

Questions about bio-informatics

What is bio-informatics the alternative spelling of?
Bio-informatics is the alternative spelling of bioinformatics.

Words near bio-informatics in the dictionary

  1. bio-equivalent
  2. bio-fascism
  3. bio-female
  4. bio-females
  5. bio-gender
  6. bio-informatics
  7. bio-ink
  8. bio-inks
  9. bio-inspired
  10. bio-male
  11. bio-males

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bio-informatics (page history and authors); bioinformatics (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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