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-omata

-omata is the plural of -oma.

Meaning of -oma

Suffix

-oma (plural -omata or -omas)

  1. Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity.
  2. (specifically) 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.
    Synonyms:
    -cele, -coele

Questions about -omata

What is -omata the plural of?
-omata is the plural of -oma.

Words near -omata in the dictionary

  1. -ology
  2. -olol
  3. -olone
  4. -oma
  5. -omas
  6. -omata
  7. -omatosis
  8. -omatous
  9. -ome
  10. -ometer
  11. -ometry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -omata (page history and authors); -oma (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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