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INFORMATICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
Synonyms:
informatics; information processing; information science; IP
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("informatics" is a kind of...):
science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)
Meronyms (parts of "informatics"):
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Domain member category:
queue ((information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "informatics"):
human language technology; natural language processing; NLP (the branch of information science that deals with natural language information)
cybernetics ((biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems))
Context examples:
The EDRN is a national network of academic and industry investigators with expertise in laboratory and clinical sciences, biostatistics, informatics, and public health.
(Early Detection Research Network, NCI Thesaurus)
Changes in the timing of spring leaves and flowers could set off a cascade of effects, threatening species' wellbeing, disrupting agriculture and potentially causing longer or more severe allergy seasons, said Robert Guralnick, the study's senior author and curator of informatics at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
(Urbanization delays spring plant growth in warm regions, National Science Foundation)
The Clinical Informatics Shared Resource provides database and application support to the clinical research programs in Cancer Center including overall informatics support for clinical operations, patient registry services, development of clinical trials management applications, laboratory information management applications, privacy protection components necessary to maintain HIPAA-compliant research information services, storage, archival and other informatics services.
(Clinical Informatics Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
Informatics nurses are engaged in clinical practice, education, consultation, research, administration, and pure informatics. (ANCC).
(Informatics Nurse Specialist, NCI Thesaurus)
The work of an informatics nurse can involve any and all aspects of information systems, including theory formulation, design, development, marketing, selection, testing, implementation, training, maintenance, evaluation, and enhancement.
(Informatics Nurse Specialist, NCI Thesaurus)
