- neuronevus
- A variety of intradermal nevus in adults in which nests of atrophic nevus cells in the lower dermis are hyalinized and resemble nerve bundles.
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neu·ro·ne·vus or chiefly Brit neu·ro·nae·vus -'nē-vəs n, pl -ne·vi or chiefly Brit -nae·vi -.vī an intradermal nevus that is composed of cells resembling or sometimes held to be derived from neural structures in the skin* * *
neu·ro·ne·vus (noor″o-neґvəs) [neuro- + nevus] an intradermal nevus in which the nevus cells differentiate into nervelike structures and may clinically resemble neurofibroma or have the clinical aspect of a giant pigmented nevus. Called also neural nevus.
Medical dictionary. 2011.