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Where does “fibroma” come from?

Fibroma derives from Ancient Greek -μα, which comes from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥, a suffix forming nouns from verbal roots.

fibroma (English): A benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue

Definitions

  1. A benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue

Ancestry of “fibroma”, 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 “fibroma”

  • neurofibromatosis
  • neurofibroma
  • fibromatosis
  • neurofibromin
  • angiofibroma
  • adenofibroma
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