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- noun Plural form of
neuroma .
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Examples
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Benign tumors of nerves, called neuromas, can grow between toes.
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(This biological process can sometimes create painful tangles of nerve tissue, called neuromas, at the tip of the severed limb.) "The nerve is constantly sending signals downstream to tell the hand what to do, even if the hand isn't there," says Cederna.
Next Big Future 2009
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When you wear heels, you place pressure on the forefoot, which may lead to bunions, hammertoes, neuromas, corns, or calluses -- all unsightly and also painful.
Leora Tanenbaum: How to Wear High-Heeled Shoes and Walk at the Same Time Leora Tanenbaum 2011
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It noted the possible connection between cellphones and two types of brain tumors: gliomas and acoustic neuromas.
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On the other, I think the intermetatarsal neuromas in both my feet (the reason I often walk with a cane) would make it pretty much impossible.
"Grow till tall. They all, in the end, will fall." aliceoddcabinet 2010
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It noted the possible connection between cellphones and two types of brain tumors: gliomas and acoustic neuromas.
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Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B (MEN2B) is characterized by an increased risk for medullary cancer of the thyroid (MTC), pheochromocytoma, mucosal neuromas (benign growths) of the lips and tongue, and distinctive physical characteristics, such as enlarged lips and slender body type.
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It noted the possible connection between cellphones and two types of brain tumors: gliomas and acoustic neuromas.
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MEN2B is diagnosed clinically by the presence of mucosal neuromas of the lips and tongue, as well as medullated corneal nerve fibers (a finding seen on eye evaluation by an ophthalmologist), distinctive facial features with full lips, particular physical characteristics such as slender body habitus, and medullary cancer of the thyroid (MTC).
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It noted the possible connection between cellphones and two types of brain tumors: gliomas and acoustic neuromas.
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