Definition of Neurofibromas

1. Noun. (plural of neurofibroma) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Neurofibromas

1. neurofibroma [n] - See also: neurofibroma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neurofibromas

neuroethology
neuroevolution
neuroevolutionary
neurofascin
neurofascins
neurofeedback
neurofibril
neurofibrillar
neurofibrillar nerve
neurofibrillary
neurofibrillary degeneration
neurofibrillary tangle
neurofibrillary tangles
neurofibrils
neurofibroma
neurofibromas (current term)
neurofibromata
neurofibromatoses
neurofibromatosis
neurofibromatosis 2
neurofibromin
neurofibromins
neurofibrosarcoma
neurofibrosarcomas
neurofibrosarcomata
neurofilament
neurofilament proteins
neurofilaments

Literary usage of Neurofibromas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the Skin: An Outline of the Principles and Practice of Dermatology by Malcolm Alexander Morris (1911)
"... as might have been supposed, to intra- cranial neurofibromas, but to hysteria.2 In some cases decided pigmentation develops long before neurofibromas of ..."

2. Surgical and mechanical treatment of peripheral nerves by Byron Stookey, Gotthelf Carl Huber (1922)
"of neurofibromas collected by him, malignant degeneration occurred in about 12%. Courvoisier (1886) found fifty-three cases of sarcomatous degeneration in ..."

3. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"Acoustic neurofibromas form a characteristic group of intracranial tumors and ... In some of the common neurofibromas the tumor-cells present endothelial ..."

4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1914)
"... and partly neurofibromas. Elephantiasis acquisita may be of the tropical type, which is endemic in tropical countries, and is due to the filaria ..."

5. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States Bureau of Animal Industry, Vickers T. Atkinson, William Dickson, William Heyser Harbaugh, James Law, John Robbins Mohler, William Herbert Lowe, A. J. Murray, Leonard Pearson, Brayton Howard Ransom, Milton R. Trumbower, Richard West Hickma (1916)
"False neuromas, or neurofibromas, are knotty, spreading tumors of the size of a large potato, which are developed within the nerve sheaths and composed of ..."

6. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1907)
"Bogoljubow is of the opinion that these tumors have a similar relation to peripheral nerves as the neurofibromas. During the year I had an opportunity to ..."

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