Occupation or Discipline
genomic medicine
ge·no·mic med·i·cine
Subclass of:
Therapeutic procedure;
Clinical Medicine
Definitions related to genomic medicine:
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A medical discipline that uses genomic information about an individual as part of their clinical care (e.g. for diagnostic or therapeutic decision-making) and for the health outcomes and policy implications of that clinical use. (NIH/NHGRI)NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A medical discipline using genomic information about an individual as part of their clinical care (e.g. for diagnostic or therapeutic decision-making) and the health outcomes and policy implications of that clinical use. (From www.genome.gov/health/Genomics-and-Medicine accessed 12/28/2020)NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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