sand tumor

1. 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

   Synonymspsammoma

   Broadertumor

Questions about sand tumor

What does sand tumor mean?

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

What is another word for sand tumor?

Close synonyms include psammoma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sand tumor a common word?

sand tumor 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.