Definition of "metabolomics" [metabolomics]

• 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 (noun)

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• "In the new study, Slupsky and colleagues applied "metabolomics" - the study of the chemicals produced by the body's metabolic processes - to develop a profile for pneumonia as it appears in a patient's urine."
• "The technique, known as metabolomics, enables scientists to track the metabolic processes in cells by identifying the chemicals, or metabolites, left behind from these processes."
• "They're among questions that metabolic profiling, a new field called metabolomics, aims to answer in hopes of one day optimizing those benefits – or finding patterns that may signal risk for disease and new ways to treat it."