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-ome

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See also: ome, omè, òme, and 'ome

English

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Etymology 1

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Alteration of -oma, from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).

Only partially cognate to -some (body), from σῶμα (sôma, body), in that both share the case ending -μα (-ma), but the ω is unrelated.

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-ome

  1. A mass of something.
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Etymology 2

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Back-formation from mitome, reinforced by chromosome. Early examples include biome (1916) and genome, from German Genom (1920).[1] Some association with genetics due to occurrence in chromosome and genome.

Suffix

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-ome

  1. (biology) The complete whole of a class of substances for a species or an individual.
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “-ome”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ome

  1. -oma

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