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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, -].
- a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
neuroma
/ njʊˈrəʊmə; njʊˈrɒmətəs /
noun
- any tumour composed of nerve tissue
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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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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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