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-oma

/ˈoʊ.mə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.59 in modern English

Syllables
-o-ma
IPA
/ˈoʊ.mə/
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity.

suffix

Forming nouns indicating tumors or masses, which may be non-neoplastic or (more often) neoplastic, and (if the latter) either benign or malignant (cancerous); in accord with present-day understanding of histopathology, the suffix is now nonproductive for non-neoplastic senses.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma), from verbs in -όω (-óō) + -μα (-ma) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥), which lengthens a preceding vowel.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -ωμα, *-mn̥

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈoʊ.mə/
  • British English: /ˈəʊ.mə/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

-omata (plural) -omas (plural)

Synonyms

-cele -coele

Homonyms

omagh

Questions

How do you pronounce -oma?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊ.mə/.
What does -oma mean?
Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity.
Where does -oma come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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