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Noun: sand tumour
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: sand tumor)
  1. A tumour derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles
    "sand tumour bodies were observed in the meningioma biopsy"; "sand tumour bodies were observed in the meningioma biopsy";
    - psammoma, sand tumor [US]

Derived forms: sand tumours

Type of: neoplasm, tumor [US], tumour [Brit, Cdn]