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proteome

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈpɹəʊtɪəʊm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P R OW1 T IY2 OW1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The complete set of proteins encoded by a particular genome.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, genetics, medicine, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the full complement of proteins produced by a particular genome

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: protein

History

Etymology

Blend of protein + genome or proteo- + -ome.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 蛋白組 /蛋白组 (dànbáizǔ) — complete set of proteins
  • Finnish: proteomi — complete set of proteins
  • German: Proteom — complete set of proteins
  • Greek: πρωτέωμα (protéoma) — complete set of proteins
  • Greek: πρωτεΐνωμα (proteḯnoma) — complete set of proteins
  • Northern Kurdish: proteom — complete set of proteins
  • Spanish: proteoma — complete set of proteins