NEURINOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neurinoma mean? 

• NEURINOMA (noun)
  The noun NEURINOMA has 1 sense:

1. tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEURINOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

benign tumor; benign tumour; nonmalignant neoplasm; nonmalignant tumor; nonmalignant tumour (a tumor that is not cancerous)

 Context examples 

Also called: Auditory Tumor, Neuroma, Acoustic, Acoustic neurilemmoma, Acoustic neurinoma, Auditory tumor, Vestibular schwannoma

(Acoustic Neuroma, NIH: National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders)