noma
noun
[ ˈnəʊmə ]
• a form of gangrene affecting the face, usually caused by a bacterial infection and typically occurring in young children suffering from malnutrition or other disease.
• "she suffers from noma, a gangrenous disease"
Origin:
late 17th century: Latin, alteration of nome ‘ulcer’, from Greek nomē, from nemein ‘to feed’.
