[ˈnəʊmə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a form of gangrene affecting the face, usually caused by a bacterial infection and typically occurring in young children suffering from malnutrition or other disease
(e.g: she suffers from noma, a gangrenous disease)


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Origin:
late 17th century: Latin, alteration of nome ‘ulcer’, from Greek nomē, from nemein ‘to feed’