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Etymology: Coloboma \Col`o*bo"ma\, noun. [New Latin expression. from Greek, the part taken away in mutilation, from to mutilate.]. (Websters 1913) |
"COLOBOMA" is a common misspelling or typo for: cleome, Colombia, Colombo. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Congenital anomaly in which some of the structures of the eye are absent due to incomplete fusion of the fetal intraocular fissure during gestation. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: COLOBOMA |
| Specialty definitions using "COLOBOMA": Franceschetti syndrome, Franceschetti-Klein syndrome, Franceschetti's syndrome, Franceschetti-Zwahlen syndrome ♦ Mandibulofacial Dysostosis ♦ Treacher Collins syndrome, Treacher-Collins syndrome. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "COLOBOMA" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (coloboma). |
Expressions using "COLOBOMA": coloboma of choroid ♦ coloboma of the choroid ♦ coloboma of the retina ♦ coloboma retinae ♦ Fuchs coloboma. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
coloboma | 41 |
coloboma of the iris | 7 |
coloboma retinal | 2 |
coloboma treatment | 2 |
coloboma eye | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "COLOBOMA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | coloboma, kolobom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | coloboma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | colobome, coloboma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Kolobom Coloboma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κολόβωμα (stunt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | coloboma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olobomacay coloboma. (various references) coloboma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "COLOBOMA": colobomata. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "COLOBOMA" (pronounced 'Col`o*bo"ma'): Aboma, Adenoma, Adipoma, Amma, Amphiuma, Analemma, Arapaima, Aroma, Asthma, Atheroma, Bema, Blastema, BRAHMA, Brama, Bregma, Broma, Cauma, Ceroma, Chacma, Chiloma, Chloasma, Chondroma, Cima, Comma, Cosmorama, Croma, Cyclorama, Cytoblastema, Enigma, fibroma, GAMMA, gemma, Georama, Glama, Glaucoma, Glioma, gumma, hematoma, Hypoderma, karma, Kokama, Lecama, lemma, Lepisma, leucoma, Lima, lipoma, llama, Loma, Lucuma. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-l-m-o-o-o" | |
-2 letters: abloom. | |
-3 letters: bloom, clomb, comal, combo, coomb, moola. | |
-4 letters: ambo, balm, blam, bloc, bola, bolo, boom, calm, calo, clam, coal, cola, coma, comb, cool, lamb, loam, lobo, loca, loco, loom, mola, mool, obol. | |
-5 letters: abo, alb, bal, bam, boa, boo, cab, cam, cob, col, coo, lab, lac, lam, lob, loo, mac, moa, mob, moc. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-l-m-o-o-o" | |
+2 letters: colobomata. | |
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