Associations to the word «Psammoma»

Wiktionary

PSAMMOMA, noun. (medicine) A brain tumour containing concretions resembling grains of sand

Dictionary definition

PSAMMOMA, noun. A tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.