n(y)üˈrōmə noun
( plural neuro·mas -məz ; or neuro·ma·ta -məd.ə)
Etymology: New Latin, from neur- + -oma
1. : a tumor or mass growing from a nerve and usually consisting of nerve fibers
2. : a mass of nerve tissue in an amputation stump resulting from abnormal regrowth of the stumps of severed nerves — called also amputation neuroma, pseudoneuroma