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subontology

subontology noun: a subset of an ontology.

Noun

subontology (plural subontologies)

  1. A subset of an ontology
    • For cells and cellular components, available cross-species resources such as the Cell Ontology (CL) [ 46 ] and the Gene Ontology Cellular Component subontology (CO-CC) are used.2015 July 13, Sampo Pyysalo et al., “Overview of the Cancer Genetics and Pathway Curation tasks of BioNLP Shared Task 2013”, in BMC Bioinformatics, volume 16, →DOI

Forms of subontology

pluralsubontologies

Origin of subontology

From sub- + ontology.

Questions about subontology

What does subontology mean?
Subontology means a subset of an ontology.
What part of speech is subontology?
Subontology is a noun.
What is the plural of subontology?
The plural of subontology is subontologies.

Words near subontology in the dictionary

  1. subolesin
  2. subolesins
  3. subolfactory
  4. suboligomeric
  5. subontologies
  6. subontology
  7. subopacity
  8. subopaque
  9. suboperation
  10. suboperations
  11. subopercula

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