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neurofibroma

American

[noor-oh-fahy-broh-muh, nyoor-] / ˌnʊər oʊ faɪˈbroʊ mə, ˌnjʊər- /

noun

Pathology.

a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.

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Etymology

Origin of neurofibroma

First recorded in 1890–95; neuro- + fibroma

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neurofibroma neurofibromas

Among neuromata, multiple neurofibroma is of considerable interest, chiefly for the extent of general involvement.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Tietze describes a woman of twenty-seven who exhibited a marked type of plexiform neurofibroma.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

False neuromas, or neurofibromas, are knotty, spreading tumors of the size of a large potato, which are developed within the nerve sheaths and composed of nerve fibers and connective tissue bands interlaced.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

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