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Where does “hemangioma” come from?

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

hemangioma (English): A congenital, benign tumor of endothelial cells

Definitions

  1. A congenital, benign tumor of endothelial cells

Ancestry of “hemangioma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishangiomaA benign tumor made up of small blood vessels or...
2Englishomagrandmother, grandma
3Tibetanའོ་མ—
4Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
5Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none
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