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neurofibroma

[ noor-oh-fahy-broh-muh, nyoor- ]

noun

, Pathology.
, plural neu·ro·fi·bro·mas, neu·ro·fi·bro·ma·ta [n, oo, r-oh-fahy-, broh, -m, uh, -t, uh, ny, oo, r-].
  1. a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of neurofibroma1

First recorded in 1890–95; neuro- + fibroma
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Example Sentences

That one, a neurofibroma the size of a basketball, was not malignant, and was surgically removed.

False neuromas, or neurofibromas, are knotty, spreading tumors of the size of a large potato, which are developed within the nerve sheaths and composed of nerve fibers and connective tissue bands interlaced.

Among neuromata, multiple neurofibroma is of considerable interest, chiefly for the extent of general involvement.

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