neurilemoman.

1935 A. P. Stout in Amer. Jrnl. Cancer 24 752 Therefore it seemed advisable to take this phrase ‘nerve sheath tumor’..and to construct from it a new name for the neoplasm. After consultation with Dr. G. F. Laidlaw and Dr. F. H. Vizetelly, editor of the New Standard Dictionary, the word ‘neurilemoma’ has been constructed and it is proposed to use this term for the tumor under discussion.

1935 A. P. Stout in Amer. Jrnl. Cancer 24 753 Neurilemomas can be found sometimes in cases of von Recklinghausen's disease.

1948 J. M. Beattie et al. Textbk. Pathol. (ed. 5) II. xxix. 1310 On the supposition that this word is derived from the Greek words νεῦρον, neuron, a nerve-fibre.., λέμμα, lemma, a skin or sheath..we ventured to alter the spelling of Dr. Purdy Stout's term ‘neurilemoma’ to ‘neurilemmoma’... Dr. Purdy Stout..has persuaded us of the error of our ways... It is a pleasure..to take this opportunity of altering our spelling of the word back to..‘neurilemoma’—though we are still in some doubt as to whether..it might not with propriety take the form ‘Neurolemoma’.

1954 L. V. Ackerman & J. A. Del Regato Cancer (ed. 2) vii. 202 Neurilemomas [1947 neurilemmomas] have also been reported to arise in the nasal fossa.

1958 Arch. Otolaryngol. 67 302 (title) Acoustic neurilemoma.

1985 Science 3 May 587/3 The only other epizootic neoplasm in a marine fish in the United States is the neurilemoma of the bicolor damselfish.

1999 Survey Ophthalmol. 44 226 Schwannomas (neurilemomas) are benign tumors that arise from Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system.