-ome
Britishcombining form
Etymology
Origin of -ome
variant of -oma
Example Sentences
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I think -ome is a very important suffix.
From Nature ● Feb. 27, 2013
The -ome suffix, Hartung says, suited the scale of his goal: a description of the entire set of cellular processes responsible for toxicity.
From Nature ● Feb. 27, 2013
In the past year, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal have run pieces poking fun at the proliferation of scientific words ending in -ome, which now number in the thousands.
From Nature ● Feb. 27, 2013
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