| ROMA | • roma n. Alternative letter-case form of Roma (“a variety of tomato”). • Roma prop.n. A nomadic people with origins in India, the Romani. • Roma prop.n. A subgroup of the Romani people found primarily in Eastern Europe. |
| AROMA | • aroma n. A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one. • AROMA n. a distinctive fragrance. |
| GROMA | • groma n. A Roman surveying instrument having plumb lines hanging from four arms at right angles. • GROMA n. (Latin) a Roman surveying instrument. |
| CHROMA | • chroma n. The colorfulness relative to the brightness of a similarly illuminated area. • chroma n. The aspect of a colour’s hue that depends on the amount of white or black in it; saturation. • chroma n. (Music) A note in a chromatic scale. |
| SEROMA | • seroma n. (Pathology) A pocket of clear serous fluid that sometimes develops in the body after surgery. • SEROMA n. an abnormal pocket of clear fluid in the body. |
| STROMA | • stroma n. (Anatomy) The tissue structure of an organ, etc., that serves to support it. • Stroma prop.n. An island off the north coast of Scotland, uninhabited since the 1960s. • STROMA n. (Latin) a supporting framework of connecting tissue. |
| XEROMA | • xeroma n. (Medicine) Dryness of the eye. • XEROMA n. (Greek) a dry lustreless condition of the conjunctiva, also XEROPHTHALMIA. |
| FIBROMA | • fibroma n. (Pathology) A benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue. • FIBROMA n. a benign tumor, also FIBROID. |
| HYDROMA | • HYDROMA n. a watery swelling over a joint, e.g. water on the knee, also HYGROMA. |
| HYGROMA | • hygroma n. A discrete, fluid-filled sac that can form on the joints of dogs or other animals in response to repeated pressure. • HYGROMA n. a watery swelling over a joint, e.g. water on the knee, also HYDROMA. |
| NEUROMA | • neuroma n. (Pathology) A tumour composed of nerve cells. • NEUROMA n. a tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve. |
| PLEROMA | • pleroma n. (Botany) A plant of the genus Pleroma. • pleroma n. (Botany) The central portion of the primary meristem. • pleroma n. (Chiefly theology) A state of perfect fullness, especially of God’s being. |
| ATHEROMA | • atheroma n. (Pathology) An abnormal fatty deposit which develops within the walls of arteries. • atheroma n. (Pathology, obsolete) A kind of cyst on the scalp. • ATHEROMA n. a fatty deposit in the lining of the arteries. |
| MALAROMA | • MALAROMA n. an offensive odor, also MALODOR, MALODOUR. |
| PRODROMA | • prodroma n. (Medicine) Alternative form of prodrome. • PRODROMA n. (Greek) any symptom that signals the impending onset of a disease, also PRODROME, PRODROMUS. |
| SCLEROMA | • scleroma n. (Medicine) induration of the tissues. • scleroma n. (Medicine) rhinoscleroma. • SCLEROMA n. (Greek) a hardened patch of cellular tissue. |
| CHONDROMA | • chondroma n. (Medicine) A benign tumour formed from cartilage cells. • CHONDROMA n. a benign cartilaginous growth. |
| ENCHONDROMA | • enchondroma n. (Medicine, pathology) A cartilage cyst found in the bone marrow. • ENCHONDROMA n. an abnormal cartilaginous growth. |
| NEUROFIBROMA | • neurofibroma n. (Medicine) A benign tumor composed of fibroblasts surrounding nerve cells. • NEUROFIBROMA n. a tumour of the nervous fibre. |
| RHINOSCLEROMA | • rhinoscleroma n. (Medicine) A rare skin disease with very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first… • RHINOSCLEROMA n. a disease with hard swelling in the nose etc. |