Definitions

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  • noun biochemistry the study of all the compounds produced in the degradation of a material (especially of a protease)

Etymologies

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From degrade +‎ -omics

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Examples

  • Matija Strlic and colleagues write in the ACS's Analytical Chemistry about "material degradomics," a techniques by which the odors emanating from old books are noninvasively analyzed to figure out which books are rotting and need preservation:

    Boing Boing 2009

  • The new technique, called "material degradomics," analyzes the gases emitted by old books and documents without altering the documents themselves.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • The new technique - an approach called "material degradomics" - analyses the gases emitted by old books and documents without altering the documents themselves.

    dailyindia.com News Feed 2009

  • The new technique, called "material degradomics," analyzes the gases emitted by old books and documents without altering the documents themselves.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • The new technique, called "material degradomics," analyzes the gases emitted by old books and documents without altering the documents themselves.

    unknown title 2009

  • The new technique, called "material degradomics," analyzes the gases emitted by old books and documents without altering the documents themselves.

    Boing Boing 2009

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