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neurofibroma

noun
neu路​ro路​fi路​bro路​ma | \ 藢nu虈r-艒-f墨-藞br艒-m蓹 How to pronounce neurofibroma (audio) , 藢nyu虈r-\

Definition of neurofibroma

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

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 Common skin conditions that aren鈥檛 skin tags but look like skin tags are seborrheic keratoses and neurofibromas. — Kristi Kellogg, Allure, "How to Remove Skin Tags, According to Dermatologists," 9 Sep. 2017

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First Known Use of neurofibroma

1887, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for neurofibroma

borrowed from German Neurofibrom, from neuro- neuro- + Fibrom fibroma

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neurofibroma

noun
neu路​ro路​fi路​bro路​ma | \ -f墨-藞br艒-m蓹 How to pronounce neurofibroma (audio) \
plural neurofibromas also neurofibromata\ -​m蓹t-​蓹 How to pronounce neurofibromata (audio) \

Medical Definition of neurofibroma

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

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