genome
noun
Simple meaning
The complete genetic information of an organism.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈdʒinoʊm
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
genetics
The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- General English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: (genetics) The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism.
Used this way, genome is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a scientific use: it names something precisely within a field of study, so it appears in research and teaching more than in conversation.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Science
- Academic writing
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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More ways to use genome
- “The human genome contains approximately three billion chemical base pairs.”noun
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Word Family
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
An international study of the entire human genetic material.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
The branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences).
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- genomicsnoun
- rnanoun
- encodeverb
- nucleotidenoun
- dnanoun
- polymerasenoun
- chromosomenoun
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