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noma |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Noma \No"ma\, n. [NL., fr Gr ?, lit., a feeding. See {Name}.] (Med.) See {Canker}, n., 1. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Canker \Can"ker\ (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), n. [OE. canker, cancre, AS cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr L. cancer a cancer; or if a native word cf Gr ? excrescence on tree, ? gangrene. Cf also OF cancre, F. chancere, fr L. cancer. See {cancer}, and cf {Chancre}.] 1. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also {water canker}, {canker of the mouth}, and {noma}. 2. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy. The cankers of envy and faction. --Temple. 3. (Hort.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off 4. (Far.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush. 5. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose. To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose. And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke. --Shak. {Black canker}. See under {Black}. From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Noma, FL (town, FIPS 48900) Location: 30.98127 N, 85.61745 W Population (1990): 207 (87 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: NOMA National Online Media Association (org., USA)
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