Associations to the word «Noma»

Wiktionary

NOMA, noun. (disease) A gangrenous disease leading to tissue destruction of the face, especially the mouth and cheek.
NOMA PUDENDI, noun. A form of the disease noma that causes tissue damage to the genitals.

Dictionary definition

NOMA, noun. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals; often seen in undernourished children.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope