glioblastoma

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Etymology

From glio- +‎ blastoma.

Noun

glioblastoma (plural glioblastomas or glioblastomata)

  1. A fast-growing, malignant tumor of the brain.
    • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 71:
      Cushing had found ingenious ways to surgically extract brain tumors, including the notorious glioblastomas—tumors so heavily crisscrossed with blood vessels that they could hemorrhage any minute.
    • 2018 November 4, Daniel E. Slotnik, “Hardy Fox, of the Avant-Garde Band the Residents (Maybe), Dies at 73”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      Hardy Fox […] died on Oct. 30 at his home in San Anselmo, Calif. He was 73. His husband, Steven Kloman, said the cause was glioblastoma.

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Noun

glioblastoma m (plural glioblastomes)

  1. (oncology) glioblastoma

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Noun

glioblastoma m (plural glioblastomi)

  1. (oncology) glioblastoma

Spanish

Etymology

From glioblasto +‎ -oma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡljoblasˈtoma/
  • Rhymes: -oma
  • Syllabification: glio‧blas‧to‧ma

Noun

glioblastoma m (plural glioblastomas)

  1. glioblastoma
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