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neuroma

[ noo-roh-muh, nyoo- ]

noun

, Pathology.
, plural neu·ro·mas, neu·ro·ma·ta [n, oo, -, roh, -m, uh, -t, uh, ny, oo, -].
  1. a tumor formed of nerve tissue.


neuroma

/ njʊˈrəʊmə; njʊˈrɒmətəs /

noun

  1. any tumour composed of nerve tissue
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • neuromatous, adjective
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Other Words From

  • neu·rom·a·tous [n, oo, -, rom, -, uh, -t, uh, s, ny, oo, -], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of neuroma1

First recorded in 1830–40; neur- + -oma
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Example Sentences

Angioma, lymphangioma, and neuroma are described with the disease of the individual tissues.

Neuroma is a clinical term applied to all tumours, irrespective of their structure, which have their seat in nerves.

The malignant neuroma is met with chiefly in the sciatic and other large nerves of the limbs.

The tumours resemble the solitary trunk-neuroma, are usually quite insensitive, and many of them are unknown to the patient.

Overgrowths in relation to the cutaneous nerves, especially the plexiform neuroma, occasionally originate in pigmented moles.

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