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glioma
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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
glioma re´tinae  retinoblastoma.

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.

gli·oma·tous (-m-ts, -m-) adj.

glioma
[glī·ō′mə] pl. gliomas, gliomata
Etymology: Gk, glia + oma, tumor
any of the largest group of primary tumors of the brain, composed of malignant glial cells. Kinds of gliomas are astrocytoma, ependymoma, glioblastoma multiforme, medulloblastoma, and oligodendroglioma.

glioma [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, such as astrocytomas, ependymomas, and so on. Called also neuroglioma and neurospongioma. adj., adj glio´matous.
glioma re´tinae retinoblastoma.

glioma (glē´ōm),
n the largest group of primary tumors of the brain, composed of malignant glial cells.

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.

glioma retinae

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.


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This will be important for prognosis as patients with IDH1 mutations live longer than patients with gliomas characterised by other mutations," the BBC quoted the researchers as saying.
So-called low-grade gliomas grow slowly in the brain and may be discovered only when seizures, personality changes or weakness become apparent.
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