Meningioma

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    a tumor arising in the meninges which surround the brain and spinal cord; usually slow growing and sometimes malignant wordnet

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"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."

Etymology

From meninges + -oma.

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central nervous system

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