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bioinformatics

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bi·o·in·for·mat·ics  (b-nfr-mtks)
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The use of computer science, mathematics, and information theory to model and analyze biological systems, especially systems involving genetic material.

bioinformatics [ˌbaɪəʊˌɪnfəˈmætɪks]
n (functioning as singular)
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) (Medicine / Pharmacology) the branch of information science concerned with large databases of biochemical or pharmaceutical information

bioinformatics  (b-nfr-mtks)
(Used with a singular verb) Information technology as applied to the life sciences, especially the technology used for the collection and analysis of genomic data.
Translations
bioinformatics [ˌbaɪəʊˌɪnfərˈmætɪks] nbioinformatique f


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9780769536859 Ohio collaborative converence on bioinformatics (OCCBIO 2009); proceedings.
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, in conjunction with National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences, hosted a conference, "Toxicogenomics through the Eyes of Informatics," in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, on 12-13 May 2003.
1) Bioinformatics is currently being applied to a number of scientific areas including chemistry, genomics, brain mapping, pharmacology, proteomics and structural biology.
 
 
 
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