connectomics

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin nectō

Latin cōnectō

Latin connectō

English connect

English -omics

English connectomics

From connect + -omics.

Noun

connectomics (uncountable)

1. (neuroscience) The study of the brain in terms of wiring diagrams visualizing neural circuitry, including neurons, synapses, spines, and others.

   Synonym: hodology

   • 2012, Olaf Sporns, Discovering the Human Connectome, MIT Press, →ISBN:

     I believe it is fair to say that the connectome and the nascent field of connectomics are beginning to influence the ways many neuroscientists collect, analyze, and think about their data.

   • 2012, Advances in Genetics, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 121:

     The giant fiber system provides a particular opportunity for functional connectomics because the functional contributions of elements in the pathway can so readily be assayed from its behavioral output.

Derived terms

• pathoconnectomics

Related terms

• connectome

Translations

Translations

• French: connectomique (fr) f