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meningioma Path.|mɛnɪndʒɪˈəʊmə|
Pl. -omas, -omata.
[mod.L., f. by shortening mening(othel)ioma, f. meningo- + endothelioma.]
A tumour, usu. benign, arising from the meninges (esp. those of the brain).
1922H. Cushing in Brain XLV. 282 (heading) The meningiomas (dual endotheliomas): their source, and favoured seats of origin. Ibid. 285 The term meningothelioma was first proposed, but it has, on further consideration, been shortened to meningioma. This word, consequently, will be used to indicate the entire group of tumours which appear to arise from the pachymeninx. 1961Lancet 16 Sept. 656/2 Of particular interest was the activity of the cells comprising the whorls of a meningioma. 1974Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xxxiv. 110/2 About 18 per cent of intracranial tumours are meningiomata. |