English Dictionary

metabolomics

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不可算名詞

(biochemistry) The study of the range of metabolites present in a person's body at normal times, and when suffering from specific diseases; may be useful as a diagnostic tool.

日本語の意味

通常時や特定の病気の際に、人体内に存在する多様な代謝物質（メタボライト）の全体的な分布や変動を解析する生化学的研究分野。 / 診断ツールとしての利用が見込まれる、生体内の代謝物の網羅的なプロファイリングを行う学問領域。

Recent advances in metabolomics have allowed clinicians to detect disease-specific metabolic fingerprints earlier than before.

代謝物解析の進展により、臨床医は疾患特有の代謝指紋を従来よりも早期に検出できるようになった。

意味（1）

(biochemistry) The study of the range of metabolites present in a person's body at normal times, and when suffering from specific diseases; may be useful as a diagnostic tool.

In order to understand these effects, a comprehensive analysis in which all the metabolites of a biological system are identified and quantified is needed. Since such an approach reveals the metabolome of the biological system under study, this approach should be called metabolomics.