different between gangrenous vs noma

English

Etymology

gangrene +? -ous

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ????n?s/
• Hyphenation: gan?gre?nous

Adjective

gangrenous (comparative more gangrenous, superlative most gangrenous)

1. Indicative of or afflicted with gangrene.

   The medic worried that Private Johnson's wounded leg was looking more gangrenous.

Synonyms

• (related to gangrene): infected, necrotic, putrefactive, rotting, septic

Derived terms

• gangrenously

English

Etymology

From New Latin noma from Latin nom? from Ancient Greek ???? (nom?, “spreading (of sores)”) from ???? (ném?, “feed, devour, spread (of sores)”)

Noun

noma (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A gangrenous disease leading to tissue destruction of the face, especially the mouth and cheek.

Translations

Anagrams

• Amon, Mano, Mona, Noam, Oman, Onam, mano, maon, moan, mona

Asturian

Verb

noma

1. inflection of nomar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Verb

noma

1. inflection of nomare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• mano
• Oman

Japanese

Romanization

noma

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?no.m?/

Noun

noma ? (Northumbria)

1. Alternative form of nama

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• nama

Noun

noma m

1. name

Portuguese

Noun

noma f (uncountable)

1. (medicine) noma (gangrenous disease of the mouth and cheeks)

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

noma (n class, plural noma)

1. problem, trouble

Swazi

Conjunction

nóma

1. or
2. whether
3. even if

Vilamovian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

n?ma m (plural noma)

1. name

Derived terms

• nomastaog

Zulu

Etymology

From na- +? uma.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nó?ma/

Conjunction

nóma

1. although, even though, even if
2. or

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “noma”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “noma (3.9)”