meningioma
Americannoun
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meningiomas,
plural
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meningiomata
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of meningioma
1920–25; shortening of meningothelioma, equivalent to mening(es) + -o- + (endo)thelioma
Example Sentences
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In 2024 a study, external published by the British Medical Journal found women who used it for at least 12 months were 5.6 times more likely to develop meningioma brain tumours.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Using samples from 1,856 meningioma patients at 12 medical centers in the U.S.,
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2023
I watched mine perform a complicated skull-based surgery — the removal of a sphenoid meningioma.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2022
As a sophomore at Heritage High School in Brentwood, California, he suffered partial paralysis when a meningioma tumor the size of a lemon was discovered in his spinal cord.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
The most common would be a meningioma, a tumor of the tissue that lines the brain.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
She now faces a lifetime of potential seizures and medication to manage the meningiomas.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
After a scan the following day, she was told she had three non-cancerous brain tumours known as meningiomas.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Armed with a new way of detecting aggressive tumors and the knowledge that dogs and humans share some brain tumor traits, Patel reached out to Levine about applying the findings to study meningiomas.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024
One of the most common brain tumors — it is diagnosed in 6,500 Americans annually — meningiomas are typically benign.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2013
The research, which focused on gliomas and meningiomas, was the largest and most recent study on how cellphones affect the brain.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2011
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