OMA

¹

1. orderly marketing agreement.

-oma

²

plural

-omas, -omata 

1. a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base.

   fibroma; melanoma.

-oma

combining form

1. indicating a tumour

   carcinoma

–oma

1. A suffix meaning “tumor” or “cancer,” as in carcinoma. Often, the suffix is added to the name of the affected body part, as in lymphoma, cancer of the lymph tissue.

Word History and Origins

Origin of -oma¹

Probably extracted from carcinoma or sarcoma

Word History and Origins

Origin of -oma¹

from Greek -ōma

Example Sentences

Greek restaurant Oma, in Borough Market on London's South Bank, received its first star after it had earlier won the Opening of the Year award.

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“Oma’s house is still there,” she said, using a term of endearment.

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Collison and Andrew loaded the pump and a few important belongings into one of two vehicles Collison had left behind Tuesday, then drove back down the hill toward Oma’s.

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Collison and Andrew began a long journey home, taking a circuitous route to check on a couple more properties and back again past Oma’s house, which remained in good condition.

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The museum in its court filing is asking to use the $1.8 million for “OMA’s general purposes related to, and in service of, its existing permanent collection,” including “curatorial staff, vault maintenance/repair, security devoted to the permanent collection, etc.”

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When To Use

What does -oma mean?

The suffix -oma is used to name tumors. The suffix -oma is used in many medical terms, especially in pathology.The suffix -oma is probably taken from words like sarcoma and carcinoma. Sarcoma comes from the Greek sárkōma, meaning "fleshy growth," and carcinoma from the Greek, karkínōma, "sore, ulcer, cancer.”When used in the plural, -oma can be either -omas or -omata, as in lipomas or lipomata.What are variants of -oma?Especially in biology terms, the suffix -oma becomes -ome, as in rhizome, and indicates a mass or specific kind of part.