genomics

/dʒiˈnɒmɪks/ (bre, ipa) · /dʒiˈnɑːmɪks/ (ame, ipa) · /jē-ˈnō-miks jə-/ (ame, mw)

genomics — 名詞

1. the scientific field that maps and analyses an organism's full set of DNA, looki

1.名詞C2
釋義

基因體學

研究生物全套基因組成與功能的學科

the scientific field that maps and analyses an organism's full set of DNA, looking at how all its genes work together and what their patterns reveal about health, ancestry, and traits.

例句

Eitan switched from clinical medicine to genomics after his daughter's rare disease was diagnosed through DNA testing.

在女兒透過 DNA 檢測確診罕見疾病後，Eitan 從臨床醫學轉到基因體學領域。

switch from X to genomics — field-name as object of switch/move/turn to

Genomics is now used in hospitals to predict which cancer drugs will work best for each patient.

醫院現在會利用基因體學，預測哪一種抗癌藥物對每位病人的效果最好。

genomics + singular verb (is/has) — uncountable subject

同義詞
  • genetics

    broader and older field; studies single genes and heredity, while genomics looks at the whole genome at once

  • genome science

    informal near-equivalent often used in news writing

文法句型

genomics + verb (singular)

field of genomics

用法筆記

Always uncountable and singular — never 'a genomics' or 'genomics are'. Subject is typically a scientist, lab, hospital, or research programme; common compounds name a subfield (plant genomics, cancer genomics, comparative genomics).

常見錯誤

❌Genomics are changing medicine.
✅Genomics is changing medicine.
💡uncountable noun, takes a singular verb.
❌She studies a genomics at the university.
✅She studies genomics at the university.
💡no article with the field name.