meningioma
Americannoun
plural
meningiomas, meningiomataEtymology
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
The most common would be a meningioma, a tumor of the tissue that lines the brain.
From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2022
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