Acanthoma etymology

English

English word acanthoma comes from English -oma, English acanth (Acanthus.)

Etymology of acanthoma

Detailed word origin of acanthoma

Dictionary entry Language Definition
-oma English (en) (pathology) Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity.. (pathology, specifically) Forming nouns indicating tumors or masses, which may be benign or cancerous (malignant).
acanth English (en) Acanthus.
acanthoma English (en) (medicine) A neoplasm of the prickle cell layer of the skin.

Words with the same origin as acanthoma

Descendants of -oma

teratoma