"-oma" meaning in English

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Suffix

Forms: -omata [plural], -omas [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma), thematic vowel -ο- (-o-) + -μα (-ma) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥), which lengthens a preceding vowel. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|-ωμα}} Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma), {{m|grc||-ο-}} -ο- (-o-), {{m|grc|-μα}} -μα (-ma), {{der|en|ine-pro|*-mn̥}} Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|plural|-omata|or|-omas}} -oma (plural -omata or -omas)
  1. (pathology) Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Pathology, Medicine Translations (suffix forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity): -oom (Dutch), -ooma (Finnish), -ome [masculine] (French), -óma [masculine] (Irish), -ōma (english: Contemporary Latin) [neuter] (Latin)
    Sense id: en--oma-en-suffix-1PuLbOxw Disambiguation of Medicine: 55 45 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'suffix forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity': 67 33
  2. (pathology, specifically) Forming nouns indicating tumors or masses, which may be non-neoplastic or (more often) neoplastic, and (if the latter) either benign or cancerous (malignant); in accord with present-day understanding of histopathology, the suffix is now nonproductive for non-neoplastic senses. Tags: morpheme, specifically Categories (topical): Pathology, Medicine Synonyms: -cele, -coele Translations (suffix forming nouns indicating tumors or masses): -oma [masculine] (Catalan), -oom (Dutch), -ooma (Finnish), -ome [masculine] (French), -óma [masculine] (Irish), -ōma (english: Contemporary Latin) [neuter] (Latin), -oma [masculine] (Portuguese), -oma (Spanish)
    Sense id: en--oma-en-suffix-Hq71rkHk Disambiguation of Medicine: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 30 70 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'suffix forming nouns indicating tumors or masses': 31 69

Inflected forms

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