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-omics
A neologistic root popular in some English-speaking regions, and in the US, which ties economics to a particular politician–eg, Reagonomics, Clintonomics


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Those fields of science with the -omics suffix are both global in their ability to determine health measures and associated mechanisms, as well as specific in their potential to determine individual dietary prescriptions based on a specific genetic profile (the hyphen omics suffix was coined by German and French cytologists between 1907 and 1919 to signify cellular organelles collectively) (1).
Systems biology approach to analyse and interpret the vast quantities of information generated from the -omics platform certainly appears poised to take the industry by storm.
 
 
 
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