neuroma
noun
neu·ro·ma
nu̇-ˈrō-mə 
nyu̇-
plural neuromas also neuromata
nu̇-ˈrō-mə-tə
nyu̇-
: a tumor or mass growing from a nerve and usually consisting of nerve fibers
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Eberlin pointed to the pea-sized knob, called a neuroma.
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Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
Stafford, 34, was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor, an acoustic neuroma, in April 2019.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
Next, the neuroma will undergo much more detailed analysis.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
What are acoustic neuromas?
—Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2023
This horcrux may represent a magical form of a neuroma.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2010
Albright had surgery in 2009 to remove an acoustic neuroma, a benign tumor between the inner ear and brain that impairs balance.
—Karen Nitkin, Baltimore Sun, 23 Oct. 2022
In April 2019, Kelly shared in an emotional Instagram post that she'd been diagnosed with a benign brain tumor, an acoustic neuroma, and would be undergoing surgery.
—Adam England, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022
Morton’s neuroma, the enlargement of the nerves between your foot bones, feels similar, though the pain is closer to the outside of the foot, at the third and fourth toes.
—Outside Online, 17 June 2019
Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
Stafford, 34, was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor, an acoustic neuroma, in April 2019.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
Next, the neuroma will undergo much more detailed analysis.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
What are acoustic neuromas?
—Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2023
This horcrux may represent a magical form of a neuroma.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2010
Albright had surgery in 2009 to remove an acoustic neuroma, a benign tumor between the inner ear and brain that impairs balance.
—Karen Nitkin, Baltimore Sun, 23 Oct. 2022
In April 2019, Kelly shared in an emotional Instagram post that she'd been diagnosed with a benign brain tumor, an acoustic neuroma, and would be undergoing surgery.
—Adam England, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022
Morton’s neuroma, the enlargement of the nerves between your foot bones, feels similar, though the pain is closer to the outside of the foot, at the third and fourth toes.
—Outside Online, 17 June 2019
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neuroma
noun
neu·ro·ma
n(y)u̇-ˈrō-mə
plural neuromas also neuromata
-mət-ə
1
: a tumor or mass growing from a nerve and usually consisting of nerve fibers
2
: a mass of nerve tissue in an amputation stump resulting from abnormal regrowth of the stumps of severed nerves
called also amputation neuroma
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