neurofibroma

noun neu·ro·fi·bro·ma \-fī-ˈbrō-mə\

Definition of NEUROFIBROMA

: a fibroma composed of nervous and connective tissue and produced by proliferation of Schwann cells

circa 1892

Medical Dictionary

noun neu·ro·fi·bro·ma \-fī-ˈbrō-mə\

plural neu·ro·fi·bro·mas also neu·ro·fi·bro·ma·ta \-mət-ə\

: a fibroma composed of nervous and connective tissue and produced by proliferation of Schwann cells

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