PSAMMOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does psammoma mean? 

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

1. a tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSAMMOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

psammoma; sand tumor

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

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

 Context examples 

A wide range of architectures are possible, but psammoma body formation is classical.

(Mouse Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Whorls and psammoma bodies are usually not present.

(Meningothelial Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Atypical mitoses, necrosis, and psammoma bodies may be present.

(Endometrial Serous Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of fibroblasts, lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates, collagenous stroma formation, psammoma bodies, and dystrophic calcifications.

(Calcifying Fibrous Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Psammoma bodies may be present.

(Ovarian Serous Cystadenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Psammoma bodies are often seen.

(Cervical Serous Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)