English word acanthoma comes from English -oma, English acanth (Acanthus.)

Detailed word origin of acanthoma

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
-oma	English (eng)	(pathology) Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity.. (pathology, specifically) Forming nouns indicating tumors or masses, which may be benign or cancerous (malignant).
acanth	English (eng)	Acanthus.
acanthoma	English (eng)	(medicine) A neoplasm of the prickle cell layer of the skin.

Words with the same origin as acanthoma