-oma
/ˈəʊ.mə//ˈoʊ.mə/
词源链
- 英语English
-oma
词源说明
From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma), from verbs in -όω (-óō) + -μα (-ma) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥), which lengthens a preceding vowel.
释义
后缀suffix
- 1(pathology) Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity.
- 2(pathology, specifically) 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