MENINGIOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meningioma mean? 

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

1. a tumor arising in the meninges which surround the brain and spinal cord; usually slow growing and sometimes malignant

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENINGIOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tumor arising in the meninges which surround the brain and spinal cord; usually slow growing and sometimes malignant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

 Context examples 

The ODC gene is associated with several types of human cancer such as esophageal cancer, meningiomas and prostate cancer.

(ODC1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of primary neoplasms include astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, ependymoma, and meningioma.

(Central Nervous System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in this allele are a factor in the occurrence of neurofibromatosis type II, schwannomatosis and somatic meningioma.

(NF2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of meningioma arising from the brain stem.

(Brain Stem Intraparenchymal Clear Cell Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Meningiomas that affects both optic nerves.

(Bilateral Optic Nerve Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A grade I, slowly growing meningioma.

(Benign Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common are meningiomas. - 2004

(Benign Neoplasm of the Meninges, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include craniopharyngioma, meningioma and pituitary adenoma.

(Benign Supratentorial Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

An anaplastic (malignant) meningioma occurring in adults.

(Adult Anaplastic (Malignant) Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A meningioma that affects the cerebellopontine angle.

(Cerebellopontine Angle Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)