Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meningioma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: menin-gioma
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A common tumour of the central nervous system, occurring in the meninges, usually benign.

Example Sentences

"Ellen Wright, 48, was operated on for five hours Tuesday to remove a benign meningioma tumour from the left side of her brain, after Clarke practised on her case."

Etymology

From meninges + -oma.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: meninges

Inflected Forms

meningiomas (plural) meningiomata (plural)

Derived Forms

meningiomal meningiomatosis

Questions

What does meningioma mean?: A common tumour of the central nervous system, occurring in the meninges, usually benign.
Where does meningioma come from?: From meninges + -oma.

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