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noun, masculine

génome

/ʒe.nom/

noun, masculine/ʒe.nom/plural: génomes

genome (complete genetic information of an organism)

Related: génomique

Borrowed from German Genom, coined by German botanist Hans Winkler in 1920 as a blend of Gen (“gene”) + Chromosom (“chromosome”). By surface analysis, blend of gène + chromosome. Spelling altered by association with the surface analysis.