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nutrigenomics

[ noo-tri-jee-noh-miks, -nom-iks, nyoo- ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)
  1. the study of how individual genetic makeup interacts with diet, especially the effects of this interaction on a person's health.

nutrigenomics

/ no̅o̅′trə-jə-nō′mĭks /

  1. The study of how the genome and the diet interact to influence human and animal health and disease.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of nutrigenomics1

First recorded in 2000–05; nutri(tional) + genomics

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