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PINEALOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pinealoma mean? 

PINEALOMA (noun)
  The noun PINEALOMA has 1 sense:

1. tumor of the pineal glandplay

  Familiarity information: PINEALOMA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PINEALOMA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tumor of the pineal gland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("pinealoma" is a kind of...):

neoplasm; tumor; tumour (an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose)


 Context examples 


Pinealomas may be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer).

(Pinealoma, NCI Dictionary)

It is often caused by a dorsal midbrain neoplasm, commonly a pinealoma, but may also be attributable to demyelinating diseases or stroke.

(Parinaud Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called pinealoma.

(Pineal region tumor, NCI Dictionary)



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