branchioma etymology

English word branchioma comes from English -oma, English branchio- (Gills of fish.)

Detailed word origin of branchioma

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-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).
branchio- English (eng) Gills of fish.
branchioma English (eng) A branchial tumour.

Words with the same origin as branchioma

Descendants of -oma
acanthoma adenoma apudoma astrocytoma chorioangioma endothelioma fascinoma fibroma genome glioma gyroma haematoma keratoangioma lymph melanoma meningioma myoma myomatous neuroma oncogenomic papilloma stercoroma teratoma xyloma
Descendants of branchio-
branchiogenic branchiomotor branchiostoma