neuroma

1. 1.

   any tumor derived from cells of the nervous system

   Broadertumor

Other forms of neuroma

plural

neuromata

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about neuroma

What does neuroma mean?

neuroma means "any tumor derived from cells of the nervous system".

How many syllables are in neuroma?

neuroma has 4 syllables: ne-u-ro-ma. The stress falls on "u".

Is neuroma a common word?

neuroma is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.