Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
neu·ro·ma Pronunciation:
n(y)u-'rO-m& Function:
noun Inflected Form:
plural neu·ro·mas or neu·ro·ma·ta /-m&t-&/ 1 : a tumor or mass growing from a nerve and usually consisting of nerve fibers
2 : a massof nerve tissue in an amputation stump resulting from abnormal regrowth of the stumps of severed nerves called also
amputation neuroma