meningioma

English

Etymology

meninges +‎ -oma

Noun

meningioma (plural meningiomas or meningiomata)

(pathology) A common tumour of the central nervous system, occurring in the meninges, usually benign.
- 2009 August 20, Joseph Hall, Toronto Star‎:
  Ellen Wright, 48, was operated on for five hours Tuesday to remove a benign meningioma tumour from the left side of her brain, after Clarke practised on her case.

Derived terms

Translations

tumour

Czech: meningiom m
Finnish: meningeooma, aivokalvokasvain
Polish: oponiak (pl) m
Turkish: menenjiom

Further reading

“meningioma”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
meningioma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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