GLIOMA Meaning of GLIOMA in English [ glʌɪ'əʊmə ]■ noun ( plural ~s or ~ta -mətə ) Medicine a malignant tumour of the glial tissue of the nervous system.OriginC19: from Gk glia 'glue' + -oma . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004