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proteomics

noun pl but singular in constr pro·te·o·mics \ˌprōt-ē-ˈō-miks\

Medical Definition of PROTEOMICS

:  a branch of biotechnology concerned with applying the techniques of molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetics to analyzing the structure, function, and interactions of the proteins produced by the genes of a particular cell, tissue, or organism, with organizing the information in databases, and with applications of the data (as in medicine or biology)—compare genomics
pro·te·o·mic \-mik\ adjective

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