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Where does “elastoma” come from?

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

elastoma (English): Any tumour formed of elastic tissue

Definitions

  1. Any tumour formed of elastic tissue

Ancestry of “elastoma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishomagrandmother, grandma
2Tibetanའོ་མ—
3Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

Words derived from “elastoma”

  • fibroelastoma
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