genomicize

English

Alternative forms

• genomicise

Etymology

From genomic +‎ -ize.

Verb

genomicize (third-person singular simple present genomicizes, present participle genomicizing, simple past and past participle genomicized)

1. (transitive, genetics) To make genomic; to apply to the field of genomics.
   • 2002, Christoph W. Sensen, “Introduction”, in Christoph W. Sensen, editor, Essentials of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, →ISBN, page 2:

     We are far from understanding how organisms with small genomes function, let alone how the human genome is organized. As more and more scientific disciplines get “genomicized”, the field will undergo continual transformation, thus a book like this one can only capture a flavor and a moment in time.

   • 2008 August 7, The American Association for Cancer Research Human Epigenome Task Force, European Union, Network of Excellence, Scientific Advisory Board, “Moving AHEAD with an international human epigenome project”, in Nature, volume 454, →DOI, page 711:

     A plan to ‘genomicize’ epigenomics research and pave the way for breakthroughs in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human disease.

Derived terms

• genomicization