English
thecoma
From theca + -oma.
Formed from theca + -oma
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put, place’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti ‘to be putting, placing’
Ancient Greek τίθημι ‘put, set, place’
Ancient Greek θήκη ‘a case, box, receptacle’
Latin thēca ‘a case, envelope, sheath’
English theca
Today it means
noun A benign ovarian neoplasm composed only of theca cells
Sources
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