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Where does “keratoacanthoma” come from?

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

keratoacanthoma (English): A common low-grade malignancy of the skin

Definitions

  1. A common low-grade malignancy of the skin

Ancestry of “keratoacanthoma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacanthomaA neoplasm of the prickle cell layer of the skin
2Englishomagrandmother, grandma
3Tibetanའོ་མ—
4Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
5Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none
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