meningioma

[ muh-nin-jee-oh-muh ]

noun

, Pathology.

, plural me·nin·gi·o·mas, me·nin·gi·o·ma·ta [m, uh, -nin-jee-, oh, -m, uh, -t, uh].

1. a hard, encapsulated tumor that grows slowly along the meninges.

Word History and Origins

Origin of meningioma¹

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

His wife Anita, 45, was told she had a meningioma just over a year later.

From BBC

I watched mine perform a complicated skull-based surgery — the removal of a sphenoid meningioma.

From Salon

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

The most common would be a meningioma, a tumor of the tissue that lines the brain.

From New York Times