-ome

See also: ome, omè, òme, and 'ome

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /-oʊm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /-əʊm/

Etymology 1

Alteration of -oma, from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).

Only partially cognate to -some (“body”), from σῶμα (sôma, “body”), in that both share the case ending -μα (-ma), but the ω is unrelated.

Suffix

-ome

1. A mass of something.

Derived terms

• biome
• environome
• exposome
• genome
• metabolome
• metagenome
• -omics
• phenome
• phyllome
• proteome
• transcriptome

 

Etymology 2

Back-formation from mitome, reinforced by chromosome. Early examples include biome (1916) and genome, from German Genom (1920). Some association with genetics due to occurrence in chromosome and genome.

Suffix

-ome

1. (biology) The complete whole of a class of substances for a species or an individual.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ome

Related terms

• -omics

See also

• Appendix:Suffixes -ome and -omics
• -some

Anagrams

• EOM, Moe, MoE, MOE, emo, moé, OEM, Emo, Meo, moe, Eom

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔm/

Suffix

-ome

1. -oma

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -ome

• adamantinome
• condylome
• embryome
• endocannabinoidome
• épitheliome
• glioblastome
• hépatome
• hygrome
• lépome
• méningiome
• mycétome
• myélome
• neurome
• nevrome
• odontome
• ostéome
• papillome
• pinéalome
• psammome
• staphylome