-oma

Morpheme

-oma

Type

suffix

Denotation

noun suffix denoting disease, tumor, mass, growth; noun suffix denoting a result

Etymology

Ancient Greek -ōma, from verbs in -óō + -ma

Evidence

angioma, ascoma, blastoma, carcinoma, carcinomas, diploma, epithelioma, glaucoma, glioma, hematoma, lipoma, lymphoma, mesothelioma, neuroblastoma, osteoma, sarcoma, scotoma, scotomaphobia, steatocystoma

Notes

English plural -s more common than Ancient Greek -omata

See Also

-omata, -omia, -omy