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

Derived Forms

• neuromatous, adjective

Other Words From

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of neuroma¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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