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-oma

plural -omas, -omata.
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base: fibroma; melanoma.

Origin:
prob. extracted from carcinoma or sarcoma
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-oma  
suff.  Tumor: lipoma.

[New Latin -ōma, from Greek -ōma, -ōmat-, n. suff.]
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Medical Dictionary

-oma suff.
Tumor: lipoma.

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-oma  
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.
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