glioma (redirected from Mixed glioma)

glioma /gli·o·ma/ (gli-o´mah) a tumor composed of neuroglia in any of its states of development; sometimes extended to include all intrinsic neoplasms of the brain and spinal cord, as astrocytomas, ependymomas, etc.glio´matous

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glioma re´tinae  retinoblastoma.

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gli·o·ma (gl-m, gl-)

n. pl. gli·o·mas or gli·o·ma·ta (-m-t)

A tumor that originates in the neuroglia of the brain or the spinal cord.

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gli·oma·tous (-m-ts, -m-) adj.

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glioma (glē´ōm),

n the largest group of primary tumors of the brain, composed of malignant glial cells.

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glioma

a tumor composed of neuroglia in any of its states of development; sometimes extended to include all intrinsic neoplasms of the brain and spinal cord, such as astrocytoma, ependymoma, mixed glioma, etc.

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glioma retinae

see retinoblastoma.

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glioma Neurology A tumor of the brain and spinal cord arising from glial/support cells. See Brainstem glioma, Glioblastoma, Mixed glioma, Oligodendroglioma, Optic glioma, Pseudoglioma.