neuroma

[ noo-roh-muh, nyoo- ]

noun,plural neu·ro·mas, neu·ro·ma·ta [noo-roh-muh-tuh, nyoo-]. /nʊˈroʊ mə tə, nyʊ-/. Pathology.
  1. a tumor formed of nerve tissue.

Origin of neuroma

1
First recorded in 1830–40; neur- + -oma

Other words from neuroma

  • neu·rom·a·tous [noo-rom-uh-tuhs, nyoo-], /nʊˈrɒm ə təs, nyʊ-/, adjective

Words Nearby neuroma

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How to use neuroma in a sentence

  • Angioma, lymphangioma, and neuroma are described with the disease of the individual tissues.

    Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
  • neuroma is a clinical term applied to all tumours, irrespective of their structure, which have their seat in nerves.

    Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
  • The malignant neuroma is met with chiefly in the sciatic and other large nerves of the limbs.

    Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
  • The tumours resemble the solitary trunk-neuroma, are usually quite insensitive, and many of them are unknown to the patient.

    Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
  • Overgrowths in relation to the cutaneous nerves, especially the plexiform neuroma, occasionally originate in pigmented moles.

    Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for neuroma

neuroma

/ (njʊˈrəʊmə) /


nounplural -mata (-mətə) or -mas
  1. any tumour composed of nerve tissue

Derived forms of neuroma

  • neuromatous (njʊˈrɒmətəs), adjective

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