Medical Dictionary

neurilemmoma

noun neu·ri·lem·mo·ma
plural neu·ri·lem·mo·mas also neu·ri·lem·mo·ma·ta \-mət-ə\

Medical Definition of NEURILEMMOMA

:  a tumor of the myelinated sheaths of nerve fibers that consist of Schwann cells in a matrix—called also neurinoma, schwannoma

Variants of NEURILEMMOMA

neu·ri·lem·mo·ma or neu·ri·le·mo·ma or neu·ro·lem·mo·ma \-lə-ˈmō-mə\

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