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meningioma en · NOUN

Etymology

From meninges + -oma.

Meanings

  1. A common tumour of the central nervous system, occurring in the meninges, usually benign.
    • 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. 2009 August 20, Joseph Hall, Toronto Star:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
meningiomata Number=Plur lexicographic
meningiomas Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

meningiomal · meningiomatosis

Translations (5)

fi meningeooma (tumour) · cs meningiom (tumour) · fi aivokalvokasvain (tumour) · tr menenjiom (tumour) · pl oponiak (tumour)