genome

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdʒiːnəʊm/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈdʒinoʊm/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling( jē′nōm)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ge•nome /ˈdʒinoʊm/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. Geneticsa full set of chromosomes with all its genes;
    the total genetic make-up of a cell or organism.
ge•no•mic, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ge•nome  ( jē′nōm),USA pronunciation n. [Genetics.]
  1. Geneticsa full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism.
Also, ge•nom  ( jē′nom).USA pronunciation 
  • German Genom, equivalent. to Gen gene + (Chromos)om chromosome
  • 1925–30
ge•no•mic  ( ji nō′mik, -nom′ik),USA pronunciation adj. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
genome, genom / ˈdʒiːnəʊm/
  1. the full complement of genetic material within an organism
Etymology: 20th Century: from German Genom, from Gen gene + ( chromos) omegenomic / dʒɪˈnɒmɪk/
'genome' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Human Genome Project - Venter - genomic DNA - position effect

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