metabolomics
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From metabolite + -omics.
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metabolomics (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) The study of the range of metabolites present in a person's body at normal times, and when suffering from specific diseases; may be useful as a diagnostic tool.
- 2002, Oliver Fiehn, “Metabolomics – the link between genotypes and phenotypes”, in Plant Molecular Biology, volume 48, page 155:
- In order to understand these effects, a comprehensive analysis in which all the metabolites of a biological system are identified and quantified is needed. Since such an approach reveals the metabolome of the biological system under study, this approach should be called metabolomics.
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