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bioinformatics
This term describes the intersection of biology, computer science, and statistics. It carries a highly technical and academic connotation, typically appearing in scientific journals, university curricula, and biotechnology industry reports. It suggests a systematic, data-driven approach to life sciences rather than traditional wet-lab experimentation.
As a mass noun ending in -ics, it follows the pattern of other academic disciplines like physics or mathematics. While it looks plural, it is grammatically singular and takes a singular verb. It is an uncountable noun, meaning it cannot be pluralized to describe multiple instances of the field; instead, one would refer to specific bioinformatics tools or methods.
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Examples
Bioinformatics is hard.
Bioinformatics is hard.
He likes bioinformatics.
He likes bioinformatics.
I want to major in bioinformatics at college.
The doctor uses bioinformatics to treat the patient.
Could bioinformatics explain this strange mutation in the monster?
Our firm invests heavily in bioinformatics for drug discovery.
The history of bioinformatics began with early sequence alignment.