meningioma

English

Etymology

From meninges +‎ -oma.

Noun

meningioma (plural meningiomas or meningiomata)

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

     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

• meningiomal
• meningiomatosis

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