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Where does “hepatoma” come from?

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

hepatoma (English): A cancer originating in the liver

Definitions

  1. A cancer originating in the liver

Ancestry of “hepatoma”, 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 “hepatoma”

  • antihepatoma
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