genomics
noun/dʒɪˈnoʊmɪks/
Frequency rank: #13,176 most common English word
Meaning
the branch of science concerned with the structure, function, and mapping of genomes.
Example sentence
Advances in genomics have made it possible to sequence an entire human genome in just a few days.
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