noma

American  

[noh-muh] / ˈnoʊ mə /

noun

Pathology.

• nomas
  plural

1. a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.

---

noma British  

/ ˈnəʊmə /

noun

1. a gangrenous inflammation of the mouth, esp one affecting malnourished children

---

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• nomas
  plural

---

Etymology

Origin of noma

1825–35; < New Latin, Latin nomē a sore, ulcer < Greek nomḗ a feeding, grazing (akin to némein to feed, graze, consume)

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

noma nomas

Several times crowned the best restaurant in the world, noma, a beacon of gastronomy in Copenhagen, wants to carve a niche among home cooks by selling them some of its products.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2025

The new venture is "exciting" and "I feel like they're making noma more accessible," Stephen Velasco, an American who has ben living in Copenhagen for 32 years, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2025

WHO’s listing comes after years of advocacy to raise awareness about the disease, including a January request from Nigeria and 32 other countries with significant numbers of noma cases.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 20, 2023

"Winter 2024 will be the last season of noma as we know it. We are beginning a new chapter; noma 3.0."

From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2023

You see, she’s only a noma de ploom which we uses when we wants to 147 rile somebody.

From The Coming of the Law by Charles Alden Seltzer

Out of that comes nomas, a member of a wandering pastoral tribe.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

Kiel vi nomas tion? kee'ehl vee no'mahss tee'ohn?

From Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation by William W. Mann

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---