Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A circumscribed swelling of uncertain character and duration; a phantom tumor.
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- noun medicine An enlarged portion of
tissue that resembles atumor
Etymologies
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Examples
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Doctors at Nationwide Children's Hospital are at the forefront of treating a disorder that causes headaches called pseudotumor cerebri.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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I could write “pseudotumor cerebri” on its birth certificate, take some pills, and immediately copy its name onto a companion death certificate.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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I could write “pseudotumor cerebri” on its birth certificate, take some pills, and immediately copy its name onto a companion death certificate.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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To monitor and relieve cerebrospinal fluid pressure for patients with pseudotumor
Lumbar Puncture 2010
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In less time than it had taken me to google my way into a paranoid fugue state, he explained all the reasons why I likely did not have pseudotumor cerebri, such as the fact that an eye exam had shown the pressure in my eyes was normal and that one of the recommended drug treatments for pseudotumor cerebri was
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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In less time than it had taken me to google my way into a paranoid fugue state, he explained all the reasons why I likely did not have pseudotumor cerebri, such as the fact that an eye exam had shown the pressure in my eyes was normal and that one of the recommended drug treatments for pseudotumor cerebri was
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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Dr. Fairweather wanted to try other methods of treatment first, and if we ran out of options, we could do the risky, painful spinal tap later to rule out pseudotumor cerebri.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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Dr. Fairweather wanted to try other methods of treatment first, and if we ran out of options, we could do the risky, painful spinal tap later to rule out pseudotumor cerebri.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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If you had a secondary headache, it was a symptom of something else, like pseudotumor cerebri.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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If you had a secondary headache, it was a symptom of something else, like pseudotumor cerebri.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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