Glioblastoma

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fast-growing, malignant tumor of the brain.

    "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."

  2. 2
    a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal wordnet

Synonyms

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neuroglioblastomaspongioblastoma

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"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."

Etymology

From glio- + blastoma.

Related phrases

glioblastoma multiforme

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