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Where does “angiofibroma” come from?

angiofibroma (English) comes from English fibroma, from English oma, from Tibetan འོ་མ, from Tibetan མ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

angiofibroma (English): A benign neoplasm that affects fibrous tissue

Definitions

  1. A benign neoplasm that affects fibrous tissue

Ancestry of “angiofibroma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfibromaA benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
2Englishomagrandmother, grandma
3Tibetanའོ་མ—
4Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
5Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none
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