Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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suffix
Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
suffix
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme, specifically
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: -cele, -coele
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma), from verbs in -όω (-óō) + -μα (-ma) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥), which lengthens a preceding vowel.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
