"bioinformatics" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌbaɪəʊˌɪnfəˈmætɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌbaɪoʊˌɪnfɚˈmætɪks/ [US] Audio: en-us-bioinformatics.ogg [US]
Etymology: bio- + informatics Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bio|informatics}} bio- + informatics Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Biology, Computer science Synonyms: bio-informatics Hypernyms: informatics Derived forms: translational bioinformatics Related terms: ecoinformatics Translations (field of science): 生物信息學 (Chinese Cantonese), 生物信息学 (sang¹ mat⁶ seon³ sik¹ hok⁶) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Cantonese), 生物資訊學 (Chinese Cantonese), 生物资讯学 (sang¹ mat⁶ zi¹ seon³ hok⁶) [Hong-Kong] (Chinese Cantonese), 生物信息學 (Chinese Mandarin), 生物信息学 (shēngwù xìnxīxué) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 生物資訊學 (Chinese Mandarin), 生物资讯学 (shēngwù zīxùnxué) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), bioinformatika [feminine] (Czech), bioinformadiko (Esperanto), biokomputiko (Esperanto), bioinformatiikka (Finnish), bioinformatique [feminine] (French), Bioinformatik [feminine] (German), bioinformatika (Indonesian), bithfhaisnéisíocht [feminine] (Irish), バイオインフォマティクス (baioinfomatikusu) (Japanese), 生命情報科学 (alt: せいめいじょうほうかがく) (Japanese), 生物情報学 (Japanese), 情報生命科学 (alt: じょうほうせいめいかがく) (Japanese), ជីវពត៌មានវិទ្យា (ciiv poadɑɑmien vityie) (Khmer), 바이오인포매틱스 (baioinpomaetikseu) (Korean), 생물정보학 (saengmuljeongbohak) (alt: 生物情報學) (Korean), bioinformatik (Malay), ബയോ-ഇൻഫർമാറ്റിക്സ് (bayō-iṉphaṟmāṟṟiks) (Malayalam), bioinformatyka [feminine] (Polish), bioinformática [feminine] (Portuguese), bioinformatică [feminine] (Romanian), биоинформа́тика (bioinformátika) [feminine] (Russian), bioinformatika [feminine] (Slovene), bioinformática [feminine] (Spanish), bioinformatik [common-gender] (Swedish), உயிர் தகவலியல் (uyir takavaliyal) (Tamil), ชีวสารสนเทศศาสตร์ (Thai), ชีววิทยาเชิงคำนวณ (Thai), biyoenformatik (Turkish), tin sinh học (Vietnamese)

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      "roman": "bioinformátika",
      "sense": "field of science",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "биоинформа́тика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "field of science",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bioinformatika"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "field of science",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bioinformática"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "field of science",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bioinformatik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "uyir takavaliyal",
      "sense": "field of science",
      "word": "உயிர் தகவலியல்"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "field of science",
      "word": "ชีวสารสนเทศศาสตร์"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "field of science",
      "word": "ชีววิทยาเชิงคำนวณ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "field of science",
      "word": "biyoenformatik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "field of science",
      "word": "tin sinh học"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bioinformatics"
}

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