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-omatous

-omatous suffix: used to form an adjective meaning "possession of or relation to" from nouns ending in -oma or -omata.

Suffix

-omatous

  1. Used to form an adjective meaning "possession of or relation to" from nouns ending in -oma or -omata.
    • carcinoma + -omatous → carcinomatous (“in relation to carcinomas”)
    • glaucoma + -omatous → glaucomatous (“in relation to glaucoma”)

Origin of -omatous

By surface analysis, -omat(a) + -ous.

Questions about -omatous

What does -omatous mean?
-omatous means used to form an adjective meaning "possession of or relation to" from nouns ending in -oma or -omata.
What part of speech is -omatous?
-omatous is a suffix.

Words near -omatous in the dictionary

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

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