-oma
See also: Appendix:Variations of "oma"
English
[edit]Etymology
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From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma), from verbs in -όω (-óō) + -μα (-ma) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥), which lengthens a preceding vowel.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: ō′mə
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.mə/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.mə/
- (Australia) IPA(key): /ˈəʉ.mə/
- (Australia, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɐʉ.mə/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈo.mə/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˈoː.mə/
- Hyphenation: -o‧ma
Suffix
[edit]- (pathology) Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity.
- (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 nonproductive for non-neoplastic senses.
Usage notes
[edit]- For most nouns formed with -oma, the plural in -omas is more common, because the suffix has been naturalized into English, but the plural in -omata is often preferred by people who believe that the Greek inflection needs to be retained.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]suffix forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity
suffix forming nouns indicating tumors or masses
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈu.mə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈo.mə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈo.ma]
- Hyphenation: -ó‧ma
Suffix
[edit]-oma m (noun-forming suffix, plural -omes)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “-oma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)
Suffix
[edit]-oma
Derived terms
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-oma m
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-oma
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: -o‧ma
Suffix
[edit]-oma m (noun-forming suffix, plural -omas)
- (pathology) -oma (forms the names of tumours or masses)
- (chiefly biology) -ome (forms the names of masses or sets)
Further reading
[edit]- “-oma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “-oma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Slovene
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *-omь or Proto-Slavic *-ъmь.
Suffix
[edit]-oma
- Denominal, forms adverbs depicting manner or way from nouns. See -ema for a variant.
Derived terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-oma m (noun-forming suffix, plural -omas)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “-oma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- en:Pathology
- en:Medicine
- Catalan terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Catalan terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Catalan terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan suffixes
- Catalan noun-forming suffixes
- Catalan countable suffixes
- Catalan masculine suffixes ending in -a
- Catalan masculine suffixes
- ca:Pathology
- French terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French lemmas
- French suffixes
- fr:Pathology
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Italian terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔma
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔma/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian suffixes
- Italian masculine suffixes
- it:Pathology
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔma
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔma/2 syllables
- Polish non-lemma forms
- Polish suffix forms
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese suffixes
- Portuguese noun-forming suffixes
- Portuguese countable suffixes
- Portuguese suffixes with irregular gender
- Portuguese masculine suffixes
- pt:Pathology
- pt:Biology
- Slovene terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Slovene terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene suffixes
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/oma
- Rhymes:Spanish/oma/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish suffixes
- Spanish noun-forming suffixes
- Spanish countable suffixes
- Spanish nouns with irregular gender
- Spanish masculine suffixes
- es:Pathology