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

Doctors often prescribe radiation along with surgery to treat a brain tumor called meningioma that originates in the protective membranes surrounding the brain.

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