neuroma

[ noo-roh-muh, nyoo- ]

/ nʊˈroʊ mə, nyʊ- /

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noun, plural neu·ro·mas, neu·ro·ma·ta

[noo-roh-muh-tuh, nyoo-]. /nʊˈroʊ mə tə, nyʊ-/. Pathology.

a tumor formed of nerve tissue.

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Origin of neuroma

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

OTHER WORDS FROM neuroma

neu·rom·a·tous

[noo-rom-uh-tuhs, nyoo-], /nʊˈrɒm ə təs, nyʊ-/, adjective

Words nearby neuroma

neurolinguistics, neurological, neurologist, neurology, neurolysis, neuroma, neuromarketing, neuromast, neuromechanism, neuromodulator, neuromotor

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How to use neuroma in a sentence

Angioma, lymphangioma, and neuroma are described with the disease of the individual tissues.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
Neuroma is a clinical term applied to all tumours, irrespective of their structure, which have their seat in nerves.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
The malignant neuroma is met with chiefly in the sciatic and other large nerves of the limbs.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
The tumours resemble the solitary trunk-neuroma, are usually quite insensitive, and many of them are unknown to the patient.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

Overgrowths in relation to the cutaneous nerves, especially the plexiform neuroma, occasionally originate in pigmented moles.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for neuroma

neuroma

/ (njʊˈrəʊmə) /

noun plural -mata (-mətə) or -mas

any tumour composed of nerve tissue

Derived forms of neuroma

neuromatous (njʊˈrɒmətəs), adjective

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