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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
genome /ˈdʒiːnəʊm/

▶noun Biology

1 the haploid set of chromosomes of an organism.

2 the complete set of genetic material of an organism.

– derivatives
genomic adjective.

– origin 1930s: blend of gene and chromosome.

'genome' also found in these Oxford entries:

proteome - provirus - retrovirus - transposon

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