pharmacogenomics

English

Etymology

From pharmaco- +‎ genomics.

Noun

pharmacogenomics (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology, genetics) The study of genes that code for enzymes that metabolize drugs, and the design of tailor-made drugs adapted to an individual's genetic make-up.
   • 2015 February 26, Francis S. Collins, Harold Varmus, “A New Initiative on Precision Medicine”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 372, number 9, →DOI, page 795:

     In addition to the results of the cancer studies described above, studies of a large research cohort exposed to many kinds of therapies may provide early insights into pharmacogenomics — enabling the provision of the right drug at the right dose to the right patient.

Related terms

• pharmacogenetics

Translations

study of genes that code for enzymes that metabolize drugs

• Finnish: farmakogenetiikka
• Italian: farmagenomica, farmacogenomica (it)

References

• pharmacogenomics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia