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noma¹

  • /ˈnəʊ̯mə/ UK
  • /ˈnoʊ̯mə/ US

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Borrowed from New Latin noma from Latin nomē from Ancient Greek νομή (nomḗ, “spreading (of sores)”) from νέμω (némō, “feed, devour, spread (of sores)”).

noun

  1. uncountable A gangrenous disease of humans leading to tissue destruction of the face, especially the mouth and cheek.

NOMA²

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of non-orthogonal multiple access

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noun disease

Españolnoma
日本語水癌 suigan
中文坏疽性口炎 huàijūxìngkǒuyán, 走马疳 zǒumǎgān
Portuguêsnoma
Tiếng Việtcam tẩu mã

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@misc{noma_2026,
  title = {noma},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/noma},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}