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Definition metabolome in British English

metabolome noun

noun
1

the complete set of chemicals found in a biological sample such as a tissue, an organ or a complete organism

Example

Since 2005, David Wishart of the University of Alberta has been cataloguing the hundreds of thousands of chemical compounds in our bodies, which make up what's known as the human metabolome.

Definition metabolome in British English