Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The complete set of chemical compounds involved in an organism's metabolism.

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  • noun biochemistry (genetics) The complete set of metabolites found in a biological sample; especially that found in a person's body under normal conditions, and when suffering from a disease

Etymologies

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[metabol(ism) + –ome.]

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metabolism +‎ -ome

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Examples

  • Conclusions: These results are consistent with the concept that the metabolome is a composite of host and microbe metabolic activity and that the influence of the microbiota on host fatty

    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition current issue R. Wall 2009

  • This profile, known as the metabolome, was then compared with that from plants subjected to controlled drought stress.

    innovations-report 2008

  • This profile, known as the metabolome, was then compared with that from plants subjected to controlled drought stress.

    innovations-report 2008

  • Munich-area study pioneers phenotyping of the human 'metabolome' The old excuse, "I am only overweight because of my genes," is suddenly gaining credibility as

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • Munich-area study pioneers phenotyping of the human 'metabolome' The old excuse, "I am only overweight because of my genes," is suddenly gaining credibility as

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • Moreover, biological data is highly multi-dimensional by nature, and understanding of the data requires multiple views, layers, or projections, for example, in the levels of genome, transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome.

    Using the Google Maps API in Science 2009

  • The team believes that the research may provide the basis for a new "metabolome-wide association" approach to help understand interactions between lifestyles, environment and genes.

    Scientists discover drops of truth in the first flush of medieval medicine 2008

  • Bashton et al. took a different approach in analyzing the metabolome.

    CDK Literature #1 Egon Willighagen 2007

  • Bashton et al. took a different approach in analyzing the metabolome.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Egon Willighagen 2007

  • The Complex Diseases eScience Community aims to integrate genome-wide omics data (genome, transcriptome, proteome and metabolome data) from biobank samples with clinical data and data on lifestyle, demography and the environment.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

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