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单词 glioma
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Definition of glioma in English:

glioma

nounPlural gliomata, Plural gliomas ɡlʌɪˈəʊməɡlaɪˈoʊmə
Medicine
  • A malignant tumour of the glial tissue of the nervous system.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These 10 tumors accounted for 3.5% of the adult supratentorial malignant gliomas in the series.
    • Malignant brain tumors called gliomas grow and spread into neighboring tissues rapidly.
    • Meningeal spread is not uncommon in cases of intracranial gliomas or metastatic carcinoma.
    • The malignant gliomas carry the worst prognosis.
    • I had to confirm a bad one: he had a malignant glioma.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek glia 'glue' + -oma.

 
 

Definition of glioma in US English:

glioma

nounɡlaɪˈoʊməɡlīˈōmə
Medicine
  • A malignant tumor of the glial tissue of the nervous system.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These 10 tumors accounted for 3.5% of the adult supratentorial malignant gliomas in the series.
    • Meningeal spread is not uncommon in cases of intracranial gliomas or metastatic carcinoma.
    • Malignant brain tumors called gliomas grow and spread into neighboring tissues rapidly.
    • The malignant gliomas carry the worst prognosis.
    • I had to confirm a bad one: he had a malignant glioma.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek glia ‘glue’ + -oma.

 
 
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