GLIOBLASTOMA


Meaning of GLIOBLASTOMA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌglī-ō-ˌbla-ˈstō-mə ]

noun

( plural -mas also glio·blas·to·ma·ta -mə-tə)

Etymology: New Latin, from glia glia + blast- + -oma

Date: circa 1923

: a malignant rapidly growing astrocytoma of the central nervous system and usually of a cerebral hemisphere — called also glioblastoma multiforme

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