glioblastoma
English
Noun
glioblastoma (plural glioblastomas or glioblastomata)
- 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.
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Translations
fast-growing tumor of the brain
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References
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Etymology
From glioblasto + -oma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡljoblasˈtoma/ [ɡljo.β̞lasˈt̪o.ma]
- Rhymes: -oma
- Syllabification: glio‧blas‧to‧ma
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