-oma
suff.(后缀)
语源
suff.(后缀)
- Tumor:
肿瘤:
lipoma.
脂肪瘤
语源
- New Latin -ōma
现代拉丁语 -ōma - from Greek -ōma -ōmat- [n. suff]
源自 希腊语 -ōma -ōmat- [名词词缀]
-oma
combining form in countable noun
indicating a tumour
⇒
carcinoma
Origin
from Greek -ōma-oma
Word Origin
plural -omas, -omata.
1
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
fibroma; melanoma.
Origin
probably extracted from carcinoma or sarcoma
Related Words
- adenoma
- angioma
- ascoma
- atheroma
- biome
- blastoma
-oma(plural -omas or -omata)
a suffix of nouns denoting a morbid condition of growth (tumour), as in carcinoma, glaucoma, sarcoma.
[Greek]-oma
noun suffix
(plural -omas also -omata)
adenoma
fibroma
noun suffix
(plural -omas also -omata)
ETYMOLOGY Latin omat-, -oma, from Greek -ōmat-, -ōma, from -ō- (stem vowel of causative verbs in -oun) + -mat-, -ma, suffix denoting result — more at -ment
: tumoradenoma
fibroma
-oma
suffix
- (forming nouns) denoting tumours and other abnormal growths[构成名词]表示“肿瘤”:
-
carcinoma.
词源
modern Latin, from a Greek suffix denoting the result of verbal action.
-oma
word-forming element, from Greek -oma, with lengthened stem vowel + -ma, suffix forming neuter nouns and nouns that indicate result of verbal action (equivalent of Latin -men); especially taken in medical use as "morbid growth, tumor," based on sarcoma, carcinoma.
ORIGIN: Repr. Greek -ōma suffix, chiefly from verbs in -ousthai . See also -ome .
☞ oma
-o·ma
\ˈōmə\ noun suffix
(plural -omas \-məz\ ; or -oma·ta \-məd.ə, -ətə\)
Etymology: Latin -omat-, -oma, from Greek -ōmat-, -ōma
1. : tumor of a (specified) kind
< adenoma >
< melanoma >
< hygroma >
or consisting predominantly of a (specified) kind of cell or tissue
< fibroma >
< myoma >
< myelocytoma >
or occurring in a (specified) organ
< nephroma >
2. : -ome
1.
< adenoma >
< melanoma >
< hygroma >
or consisting predominantly of a (specified) kind of cell or tissue
< fibroma >
< myoma >
< myelocytoma >
or occurring in a (specified) organ
< nephroma >
2.
-oma
Suffix
(plural -omata or -omas)
- pathology A suffix forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity.
- pathology, specifically A suffix forming nouns indicating tumors or masses, which may be benign or cancerous (malignant).
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).