bioinformatics

noun

bio·​in·​for·​mat·​ics ˌbī-ō-in-fər-ˈma-tiks How to pronounce bioinformatics (audio)
plural in form but singular in construction
: the collection, classification, storage, and analysis of biochemical and biological information using computers especially as applied to molecular genetics and genomics
bioinformatic adjective

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Some things need longitudinal statistical methods, some things need bioinformatics methods, some things need a combination of the above, some things need machine learning, but not everything needs machine learning. quantamagazine.org, 15 Oct. 2024 To test whether the pesticide could harm other insects, Ron Flannagan and colleagues at GreenLight checked bioinformatics databases to see how much PSMB5 in the potato beetle differed from the versions in other insects. Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 27 June 2024 In the weeks after the attack, Evotec’s bioinformatics experts and software developers stepped in, using their skills for cyber response, Lanthaler said. Catherine Stupp, WSJ, 3 July 2023 At Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology, outspoken artificial intelligence and bioinformatics professor Ali Sharifi Zarchi, who backed his students taking part in the protests and later faced interrogation by Iranian security forces, was among those laid off. Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for bioinformatics 

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bioinformatics was in 1975

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“Bioinformatics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bioinformatics. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

bioinformatics

noun, plural in form but singular in construction
bio·​in·​for·​mat·​ics ˌbī-ō-ˌin-fər-ˈma-tiks How to pronounce bioinformatics (audio)
: the collection, classification, storage, and analysis of biochemical and biological information using computers especially as applied in molecular genetics and genomics
One of the most basic operations in bioinformatics involves searching for similarities, or homologies, between a newly sequenced piece of DNA segments from various organisms.Ken Howard, Scientific American
bioinformatic adjective
bioinformatic analysis
bioinformatician noun
… hands off mounds of data to a bioinformatician who can correlate genetic differences with health problems, with the help of high-powered computing. Stephen T. Watson and Fred O. Williams, The Buffalo (New York) News
bioinformaticist noun
Others will be bioinformaticists, combining skills in biology and information technology to help gather and analyze data related to genetic mapping. Jeffry Steele, The Chicago Tribune
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