Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a termination denoting a tumor or neoplasm, as in chondroma, sarcoma, fibroma, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- suffix A suffix used in medical terms to denote a morbid condition of some part, usually some kind of tumor.
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- suffix pathology A suffix forming nouns indicating
disease ormorbidity . - suffix pathology, specifically A suffix forming nouns indicating
tumors ormasses , especiallycancerous ones.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).
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