bioinformatics

See also: bio-informatics

English

Alternative forms

• bio-informatics

Etymology

From 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.
   • 2025 April 1, Thomas Claburn, “Genetic data repo OpenSNP to self-destruct before authoritarians weaponize it”, in The Register‎:

     The reason, according to bioinformatics researcher Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, one of the founders of the project, is the dissolution of genetic testing biz 23andMe and the potential weaponization of genetic data by authoritarian regimes.

Hypernyms

• informatics

Derived terms

• glycobioinformatics
• translational bioinformatics

Translations

field of science

Armenian: կենսաինֆորմատիկա (kensainformatika) Azerbaijani: bioinformatika Belarusian: біяінфарматыка f (bijainfarmatyka) 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) Estonian: bioinformaatika Finnish: bioinformatiikka (fi) French: bioinformatique (fr) f German: Bioinformatik f Greek: βιοπληροφορική (el) f (viopliroforikí) Hungarian: bioinformatika (hu) Icelandic: lífupplýsingafræði f Indonesian: bioinformatika Irish: bithfhaisnéisíocht f Italian: bioinformatica (it) f Japanese: バイオインフォマティクス (ja) (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) Kazakh: биоинформатика (bioinformatika) 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) Slovak: bioinformatika f Slovene: bioinformatika f Spanish: bioinformática f Swedish: bioinformatik c Tamil: உயிர் தகவலியல் (uyir takavaliyal) Thai: ชีวสารสนเทศศาสตร์, ชีววิทยาเชิงคำนวณ Turkish: biyoenformatik Ukrainian: біоінформатика f (bioinformatyka) Vietnamese: tin sinh học

See also

• ecoinformatics

References

• bioinformatics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia