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
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Last week, Nicola was one of a group of women who met Scottish Labour's Jackie Baillie to discuss calls for a UK-wide inquiry into a link between Depo Provera and meningioma brain tumours.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
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
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
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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