-oma

See also: oma, Oma, OMA, omã, Omã, omā, and öma

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).

SuffixEdit

-oma (plural -omata or -omas)

1. (pathology) Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity.
2. (pathology, specifically) Forming nouns indicating tumors or masses, which may be benign or cancerous (malignant).

Usage notesEdit

• For most nouns formed with -oma, the plural in -omas is more common, because the suffix has been naturalized into English, but the plural in -omata is often preferred by people who believe that the Greek inflection needs to be retained.

Derived termsEdit

► English words suffixed with -oma

Derived terms

• ameloblastoma

• atheroma

• glaucoma

• granuloma

TranslationsEdit

suffix forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity

• Dutch: -oom (nl)
• Finnish: -ooma

• Irish: -óma m

suffix forming nouns indicating tumors or masses

• Dutch: -oom (nl)
• Finnish: -ooma
• Irish: -óma m

• Portuguese: -oma (pt) m
• Spanish: -oma (es)

AnagramsEdit

• Amo, Amo., MAO, MOA, Mao, mao, moa

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.mɐ/

SuffixEdit

-oma m

1. (pathology) -oma (forms the names of tumours or masses)

   linfo- (“lympho”) + ‎-oma → ‎linfoma (“lymphoma”)

2. (chiefly biology) -ome (forms the names of masses or sets)

   bio- (“bio-”) + ‎-oma → ‎bioma (“biome”)

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈoma/

SuffixEdit

-oma m

1. (pathology) -oma

Derived termsEdit

► Spanish words suffixed with -oma

Further readingEdit

• “-oma” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.