bioinformatics

See also: bio-informatics

English

Alternative forms

• bio-informatics

Etymology

bio- +‎ informatics

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪəʊˌɪnfəˈmætɪks/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪoʊˌɪnfɚˈmætɪks/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

bioinformatics (uncountable)

1. (biology, computer science) A field of science in which biology, computer science, and information technology merge into a single discipline to analyse biological information using computers and statistical techniques.

Hypernyms

• informatics

Derived terms

• translational bioinformatics

Translations

field of science

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 生物信息學／生物信息学 (sang¹ mat⁶ seon³ sik¹ hok⁶) (Mainland China), 生物資訊學／生物资讯学 (sang¹ mat⁶ zi¹ seon³ hok⁶) (Hong Kong)

  Mandarin: 生物信息學／生物信息学 (shēngwù xìnxīxué) (Mainland China), 生物資訊學／生物资讯学 (shēngwù zīxùnxué) (Taiwan)

• Czech: bioinformatika f
• Esperanto: bioinformadiko (eo), biokomputiko (eo)
• Finnish: bioinformatiikka (fi)
• French: bioinformatique (fr) f
• German: Bioinformatik f
• Indonesian: bioinformatika
• Irish: bithfhaisnéisíocht f
• Japanese: バイオインフォマティクス (baioinfomatikusu), 生命情報科学 (せいめいじょうほうかがく), 生物情報学, 情報生命科学 (じょうほうせいめいかがく)
• Khmer: ជីវពត៌មានវិទ្យា (ciiv poadɑɑmien vityie)
• Korean: 바이오인포매틱스 (baioinpomaetikseu), 생물정보학(生物情報學) (saengmuljeongbohak)
• Malay: bioinformatik (ms)
• Malayalam: ബയോ-ഇൻഫർമാറ്റിക്സ് (bayō-iṉphaṟmāṟṟiks‌)
• Polish: bioinformatyka f
• Portuguese: bioinformática f
• Romanian: bioinformatică f
• Russian: биоинформа́тика (ru) f (bioinformátika)
• Slovene: bioinformatika f
• Spanish: bioinformática f
• Swedish: bioinformatik c
• Tamil: உயிர் தகவலியல் (uyir takavaliyal)
• Thai: ชีวสารสนเทศศาสตร์, ชีววิทยาเชิงคำนวณ
• Turkish: biyoenformatik
• Vietnamese: tin sinh học

See also

• ecoinformatics

References

• bioinformatics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia