How to Pronounce Meningioma Resection

Say it like this: meh-nin-jee-OH-mah reh-SEK-shun. The stress (louder part) falls on the third syllable of meningioma (the 'OH') and the second syllable of resection (the 'SEK'). If you break it into two words, you're saying the tumor name first, then the surgery name.

A meningioma is a tumor that grows in the meninges, which are the protective layers covering your brain and spinal cord. Think of it like a growth on the wrapper around your brain, rather than in the brain itself.

Resection is a medical word for surgical removal or cutting out of something. You'll hear it used anytime doctors remove a tumor, organ part, or diseased tissue during surgery.

It breaks down into five syllables: me-nin-gi-O-ma. The stress is on the fourth syllable (the 'O'), which makes it sound like meh-nin-jee-OH-mah when you say it out loud.

A very common mistake is stressing the wrong syllable and saying men-in-JY-oh-mah (with the stress on the 'gy'). The correct way puts the stress on the OH: meh-nin-jee-OH-mah.

It comes from Greek and Latin roots: 'meninges' (the brain's protective layers) plus 'oma' (a medical suffix meaning tumor). So the word literally tells you it's a tumor of the meninges.

Meningitis (inflammation of the meninges) and meningeal (describing anything related to the meninges) both share the same root. These words all refer to the protective coverings of the brain and spinal cord.

You might hear someone say: 'The patient's imaging showed a meningioma, so the surgeon scheduled a meningioma resection.' It simply describes the surgical removal of that particular type of tumor.