stercoroma etymology

English word stercoroma comes from Latin stercus (Dung, excrement, ordure.), English -oma

Detailed word origin of stercoroma

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
stercus Latin (lat) Dung, excrement, ordure.
-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).
stercoroma English (eng) Fecaloma.

Words with the same origin as stercoroma

Descendants of stercus
stercoraceous stercoranist stercorary stercorin stercorous sterquilinous
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 teratoma xyloma