genom
genom is the dated form of genome.
Meaning of genome
Noun
genome (plural genomes)
- The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism.
- Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, just...2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2017, page 171
Forms of genom
| plural | genoms |
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Origin of genom
From German Genom, coined by German botanist Hans Winkler in 1920 as a blend of Gen (“gene”) + Chromosom (“chromosome”).
Questions about genom
- What is genom the dated form of?
- Genom is the dated form of genome.
Words near genom in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: genom (page history and authors); genome (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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