odontoma etymology

English word odontoma comes from English -oma, English odonto- (Tooth.)

Detailed word origin of odontoma

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).
odonto- English (eng) Tooth.
odontoma English (eng) A hamartoma of odontogenic origin.

Words with the same origin as odontoma

Descendants of -oma
acanthoma adenoma apudoma astrocytoma branchioma chorioangioma endothelioma fascinoma fibroma genome glioma gyroma haematoma keratoangioma lymph melanoma meningioma myoma myomatous neuroma oncogenomic papilloma stercoroma teratoma xyloma
Descendants of odonto-
odontic odontoblast odontoclast odontogenesis odontogenetic odontogenic odontognathous odontograph odontolith odontology odontopathy odontophobia odontophore odontosection odontotheca