'NOMA' definitions:

Definition of 'noma'

noun

Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals; often seen in undernourished children

From: GCIDE

Noma \No"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, lit., a feeding. See Name.] (Med.) See Canker, n., 1. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

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.] [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
2. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy. [1913 Webster]
The cankers of envy and faction. --Temple. [1913 Webster]
3. (Hort.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
5. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose. [1913 Webster]
To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose. And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Black canker. See under Black. [1913 Webster]

Name :

Noma, FL -- U.S. town in Florida

Population (2000) :

213

Housing Units (2000) :

104

Land area (2000) :

1.093958 sq. miles (2.833338 sq. km)

Water area (2000) :

0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000) :

1.093958 sq. miles (2.833338 sq. km)

FIPS code :

48900

Located within :

Florida (FL), FIPS 12

Location :

30.981659 N, 85.619364 W

Note :

some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.