ama

¹

[ ah-mah ]

noun

, plural a·mas, a·ma.

1. a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.

-ama

²

1. variant of -orama, occurring as the final element in compounds when the first element is a disyllable ending in - r, used so that the entire word maintains the same number of syllables as panorama :

   rollerama; Futurama.

A.M.A.

³

abbreviation for

1. American Management Association.
2. American Medical Association.
3. American Motorcycle Association.

AMA

abbreviation for

1. American Medical Association
2. Australian Medical Association

Word History and Origins

Origin of ama¹

From Japanese, dating back to 1945–50, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

In 2023, the American Medical Association refused to debate a resolution calling for a ceasefire, while in June of this year dozens of health care professionals and students protested the AMA’s House of Delegates meeting in Chicago, where a compromise resolution calling generally for peace in Israel and Palestine ultimately won over resolutions that would have called explicitly for a ceasefire, condemned collective punishment tactics such as restricting access to food, water or health care, and opposed U.S. funding to entities that commit war crimes.

From Salon

The majority of women enter prison still in their reproductive years, according to the AMA Journal of Ethics.

From Slate

About a week before that announcement, the “No One Knows” and “The Way You Used to Do” band canceled its appearance at Italy’s AMA Festival “due to illness,” although it did not indicate in that announcement who had fallen ill.

From Los Angeles Times

The other lions scheduled to be brought to the sanctuary are Vanda, a one-year-old female being kept as a pet in south-eastern Ukraine, and Ama and Lira, also one and thought to have been bred illegally.

From BBC

So when my dear friend Jess, who is 40, told me she was thinking about getting a reduction, I was all: “AMA!”

From Slate