Nōme, n.

n. [Gr. νομός, from νέμειν, to deal out, distribute, to pasture, feed on, eat.]

1. A province or tract of country.
2. (Anc. Gr. Mus.) Any melody determined by inviolable rules.
3. (Surg.) A phagedenic ulcer. Dunglison.
4. [Lat. nomen.] (Alg.) A term. [Obs.] See TERM.