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- noun medicine, slang an unusual or interesting case or diagnosis.
Etymologies
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From “fascinating” + “-oma” (suffix of many types of tumor growths).
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Well, here is another interesting fascinoma (as we called it in med school).
Doug Bremner: Where Do They Come Up With All Those Goofy Names for Prescription Drugs Anyway? 2008
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(fr. WordSpy, n.) A fascinating, and usually rare, disease.
May 15, 2008