-oma

/ˈəʊ.mə/suffix
Elementary
1

Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity.

2

Forming nouns indicating tumors or masses, which may be non-neoplastic or (more often) neoplastic, and (if the latter) either benign or malignant (cancerous); in accord with present-day understanding of histopathology, the suffix is now nonproductive for non-neoplastic senses.

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