meningioma

American  

[muh-nin-jee-oh-muh] / məˌnɪn dʒiˈoʊ mə /

noun

Pathology.

plural

meningiomas, meningiomata

1. a hard, encapsulated tumor that grows slowly along the meninges.

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Etymology

Origin of meningioma

1920–25; shortening of meningothelioma, equivalent to mening(es) + -o- + (endo)thelioma

Example Sentences

Using samples from 1,856 meningioma patients at 12 medical centers in the U.S.,

From Science Daily

His wife Anita, 45, was told she had a meningioma just over a year later.

From BBC

I watched mine perform a complicated skull-based surgery — the removal of a sphenoid meningioma.

From Salon

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

The most common would be a meningioma, a tumor of the tissue that lines the brain.

From New York Times