Meanings
nounacanthoma (plural acanthomas or acanthomata)
plural acanthomas · plural acanthomata
- medicineA neoplasm of the prickle cell layer of the skin
Warts, both simple and venereal, may be the starting-points of acanthoma.
1922, James Ewing, Neoplastic Diseases, page 822
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From acanth- + -oma (“tumor consisting of a specified cell”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Portuguese acantoma
- acantomaneoplasm of the prickle cell layer of the skin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with acanthoma
OklahomasomaTacomacarcinomalymphomaaromacomamelanomaomaadenocarcinomachromaadenomaOmaghgranulomastromastomasangomahamartomamyomabromapleromaacanthosomacrepidomaendometrioma
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
acanthoma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acanthoma
MLA
“acanthoma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acanthoma. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acanthoma,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acanthoma.
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