Where does “neurofibromatosis” come from?
Neurofibromatosis comes from English neurofibroma, fibroma, and the suffix -oma from Ancient Greek νεῦρον meaning nerve, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European snḗh₁wr̥.
neurofibromatosis (English): A genetic disorder characterized by the presence...
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- A genetic disorder characterized by the presence...
Ancestry of “neurofibromatosis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | neurofibroma | A benign tumor composed of Schwann cells |
| 2 | English | fibroma | A benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue |
| 3 | English | oma | grandmother, grandma |
| 4 | Tibetan | འོ་མ | milk |
| 5 | Tibetan | མ | mother; goddess; negates the following verb in... |
| 6 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ma | no, not, negative, not have, none |