n. A tumor of a nerve, caused by circumscribed overgrowth of the fibrous tissue.
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n. tumor of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve
Word Usage
"The second operation, carried out in Paris in January 2007, involved a 29-year-old man disfigured by a neurofibroma, a massive tumour growing on his facial nerves."