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ome

ome noun: the totality of a certain type of biological entity in an organism etc., e.g. the genome or proteome.

Noun (1)

ome (plural omes)

  1. The totality of a certain type of biological entity in an organism etc., e.g. the genome or proteome.
    • The four basic omes, their major interactions, and the evolution of other human omes.2012, OMICS: Biomedical Perspectives and Applications, →ISBN, page 190
    • The series is launched with a review from the Snyder group on reading human omes2013, George M. Church, “Reading and writing omes”, in Molecular Systems Biology, →DOI

Noun (2) capitalized: OME

OME (plural OMEs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of order of magnitude estimate.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of otitis media with effusion.

Proper noun capitalized: Ome

Ome

  1. A town and commune Brescia, Lombardy, Italy.

Forms of ome

pluralomes
pluralOMEs

Origin of ome

From the suffix -ome. Compare ology.

Borrowed from Lombard Óme.

Questions about ome

What does ome mean?
Ome means the totality of a certain type of biological entity in an organism etc., e.g. the genome or proteome.
What part of speech is ome?
Ome can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of ome?
The plural of ome is omes.

Words near ome in the dictionary

  1. OMDBs
  2. omdeh
  3. omdehs
  4. omds
  5. Omdurman
  6. ome
  7. omedhaun
  8. omedhauns
  9. omee
  10. omees
  11. omega

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