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語源

From connect +‎ -ome.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /kəˈnɛktəʊm/

名詞

connectome (plural connectomes)

1. (biology, neuroscience) The complete mapping of the structural links in an organism's neural circuitry.
   • 2012, Adam Zeman, ‘Only Connect’, Literary Review, number 399:

     The tools Seung and his colleagues have developed to map the connectome are beginning to offer important insights into these previously baffling conditions.

   • 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 April 2017, page 171:

     Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.

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関連する語

• connectometry
• connectotype