Reference meaning
-ome
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A mass of something.
Other meanings
2. suffix
The complete whole of a class of substances for a species or an individual.
3. noun
The totality of a certain type of biological entity in an organism etc., e.g. the genome or proteome.
4. proper noun
A town and commune Brescia, Lombardy, Italy.
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