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Definition of "pharmacogenomics" []

  • The study of genes that code for enzymes that metabolize drugs, and the design of tailor-made drugs adapted to an individual's genetic make-up. (noun)

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Use "pharmacogenomics" in a sentence
  • "Recent development in pharmacogenomics: from candidate genes to genome-wide association studies."
  • "One thing that we do have on our list is pharmacogenomics, which is sort of the next stage after the genome project."
  • "Such precision is one aspect of a field called pharmacogenomics, which seeks to match drugs to a patient's genome."
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