Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun noma

1 sense of noma

Sense 1
noma -- (acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals; often seen in undernourished children)
       => ulcer, ulceration -- (a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue)