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genome (n.)

"sum total of genes in a set," 1930, genom, modeled on German genom, coined 1920 by German botanist Hans Winkler, from gen "gene" (see gene) + (chromos)om "chromosome" (see chromosome).

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Definitions of genome from WordNet

genome (n.)
the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism;
the human genome contains approximately three billion chemical base pairs
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