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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Screening tumors using this new approach could change the course of treatment for nearly 1 in 3 people with meningioma, the most common form of brain tumor diagnosed in 42,000 Americans each year.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2023
His wife Anita, 45, was told she had a meningioma just over a year later.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 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
Ms. Vong Reiff, who owns her own marketing firm, also decided to enroll her sons in the trial to protect her husband, who underwent surgery and radiation for nonmalignant meningioma, she said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2021
After a scan the following day, she was told she had three non-cancerous brain tumours known as meningiomas.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
She now faces a lifetime of potential seizures and medication to manage the meningiomas.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Incidentally, a separate group of researchers from the University of California, Davis, conducted a similar study with matching conclusions about meningiomas in dogs and people and published its work in the same journal.
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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