-oma

短语

[医]〔后缀〕意为肿瘤或新生物

发音

UK /ˈəʊ.mə/
CA /ˈoʊ.mə/
US /ˈoʊ.mə/
AU /ˈəʉ.mə/
AU /ˈɐʉ.mə/
NZ /ˈɐʉ.mə/
SCOT /ˈo.mə/
IN /ˈoː.mə/

词形变化

-omas -omata 复数 -omata -omas 复数

别名

-omia -omy

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity.

    医学
  2. 2.

    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.

    医学

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ 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.

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