Bioinformatics
the retrieval and -n-lysis of biochemical and biological data using mathematics and computer science, as in the study of genomes.
noun (functioning as sing)
the branch of information science concerned with large databases of biochemical or pharmaceutical information
bioinformatics
(bī’ō-ĭn’fər-māt’ĭks)
(used with a singular verb) information technology as applied to the life sciences, especially the technology used for the collection and -n-lysis of genomic data.
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