-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).