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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But in a small percentage of acoustic neuroma cases, the tumor stops growing.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 14 Aug. 2024
Acoustic neuromas, tumors of the nerves that affect hearing and balance, are the characteristic features of NF-2.
—Brigid Dwyer, Verywell Health, 20 July 2024
Eberlin pointed to the pea-sized knob, called a neuroma.
—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
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 14 Aug. 2024
Acoustic neuromas, tumors of the nerves that affect hearing and balance, are the characteristic features of NF-2.
—Brigid Dwyer, Verywell Health, 20 July 2024
Eberlin pointed to the pea-sized knob, called a neuroma.
—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
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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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