NEUROMA

(Lat.), n. n. Nu2r-om'as. Gen., -om'atos (-at is). From vevpov, a nerve. Fr., nevrome. Ger., N., Neurom, Nervenscliwamm. A tumor of or connected with a nerve. [E.] Am putative n. A club-shaped enlargement of a severed nerve-end occasionally met with in amputation stumps. It contains new nerve fibres as well as connective ti ue. [Ziegler (a, 34). 1 A myelinic 11. A n. containing non-medullated fibres. [E, 4.] Cellular n. Lat., n. cellulare. Ger., ganglion fires Neurom. A n. made up of nerve-cells. [A, 319 (a, 21).] Central n. 1. A n. situated in the brain. 2. A n. situated in the centre of a nerve. [Virchow (a, 34).] Cicatricial n. See Amputation n. Cystic n. A cystic tumor formed in cpnnection with a nerve, [a, 34.] Diffuse n. A general formation of neuromata unattended by pain, in which there are paralysis and asthenic symptoms that result fatally. [L. 88 (a, 34).] False n. A myxoma fibroma, or myxo-sarcoma of the nerve-sheaths or intrafascicular connective ti ue, but containing no nervous ti ue, [a, 34.] Fasciculated n., Fibrillar n., Fibron', Fibrous n. General terms for myelinic and a myelinic neuromata, [a, 34.] Ganglionated n., Ganglionic n. See Cellular n. Gliomatous n. See NEUROGLIOMA. Hyperplastic n. A n. in which there is hyperplasia of the various elements of nerve ti ue. [L, 88 (a, 34).] Lateral n. See Peripherie n. Medullated n. Of Virchow, a myelinic n. [a, 34.] Medullated n., Myelinic n. A n. composed of medullated fibres. [E, 4.] Myxomatous n. A tumor composed of myxomatous and nervous ti ue, [a, 34.] N. cutis. A tumor of the skin due to hyperplasia of ti ue pertaining to a cutaneous nerve. The term has often been loosely applied to various nerve growths, such as fibromata, sarcomata, myxomata, etc., in which cutaneous nerves are secondarily involved, or which, by their arrangement upon the skin, show their dependence upon nerve influence. [GJ N. papillare. A h. having a papilliform structure. [G.] N. periphericum. See Peripherie n. N. teleaiigeiectodes. A n. in which there is a considerable development of the vascular portion of the interstitial ti ue. [Virchow (a, 34).] Peripheral n., Peripherie 11. N. situated about the circumference of a nerve, [a, 34.] Plexiform n. The pachydermatocele of V. Mott. [Verneuil, "Bull. gen. de therap.," Mar. 15, 1882. p. 215; Gowers (a, 34).] Sarcomatous n. A sarcoma developing in the course of a nerve, [a, 34.] White n. A myelinic n. [a, 34.] NEUROMA LAC I A (Lat.), [s. 101]