How to Use neuroma in a Sentence

neuroma

noun
  • Trout will have surgery to address the Morton’s neuroma in his right foot that hampered him for a month.
    Maria Torres, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Trout will have surgery to remove the Morton's neuroma in his right foot sometime this week.
    Scooby Axson, SI.com, 15 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • Sharp, aching, or radiating pain in the ball of the foot is a common symptom of both metatarsalgia and Morton’s neuroma.
    Outside Online, 17 June 2019
  • Cole was back on his feet in weeks, but the gradual hearing loss his acoustic neuroma had caused in his right ear could not be reversed.
    Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2018
  • The results revealed something worse: an acoustic neuroma, a noncancerous tumor that develops on the main nerve from the inner ear to the brain.
    Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2019
  • The pathologist confirmed that the tumor was an acoustic neuroma.
    New York Times, 17 Mar. 2022
  • But other studies have found no evidence of acoustic neuromas or brain tumors in heavy cell phone users.
    Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Regularly wearing high-heeled, pointed-toe shoes can cause Morton's neuroma, or scar tissue around the nerve, which leads to sharp pain.
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2017
  • Injury updates Trout had successful surgery on right foot Friday to remove the Morton’s neuroma that had been bothering him for about a month.
    Maria Torres, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2019
  • In 2019, Kelly was diagnosed with acoustic neuroma, a slow-growing tumor perched on her nerve from the ear to her brain, after dealing with spells of being lightheaded.
    Glamour, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Stafford was diagnosed earlier this month with a benign tumor called an acoustic neuroma that was sitting on her cranial nerves.
    Kyle Meinke | Kmeinke@mlive.com, nola.com, 22 Apr. 2019
  • In 2007, Bricker was diagnosed with acoustic neuroma, a noncancerous brain tumor, and needed surgery to remove it.
    Nathan Percy, Orange County Register, 29 Mar. 2017
  • For Morton’s neuroma, switching to a wider, high-cushioned shoe often brings immediate pain relief, since that decreases pressure on the nerve.
    Outside Online, 17 June 2019
  • Of particular concern are benign Schwann cell tumors called acoustic neuromas, which affect nerve cells connecting the inner ear with structures inside the brain.
    Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • Trout, who hasn’t played since Sept. 7, will undergo surgery to remove a Morton’s neuroma, a very medical textbook-sounding issue that was causing him enough pain to result in a season-ending procedure.
    Jon Tayler, SI.com, 15 Sep. 2019
  • A few years before this post-season NFL journey, the couple went through a different set of trials and tribulations after Kelly had brain surgery to remove a benign tumor, known as an acoustic neuroma, on her cranial nerves.
    Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Anyone who has experienced foot pain such as that caused by neuroma, bunions or hammer toes knows how debilitating and discouraging these common foot problems are.
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2017
  • After being diagnosed with Morton’s neuroma, which causes inflammation and severe pain in his foot, Robles went on disability this fall.
    Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Following several instances of dizziness and unusual weakness, Kelly received a diagnosis: acoustic neuroma or vestibular schwannoma, a tumor sitting on her cranial nerves.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 15 Oct. 2019

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