oligodendroglioma

oligodendroglioma /ol·i·go·den·dro·gli·o·ma/ (-den?dro-gli-o´mah) a neoplasm derived from and composed of oligodendrocytes in varying stages of differentiation.

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ol·i·go·den·dro·gli·o·ma (l-g-dndr-gl-m, -gl-)

n.

A relatively rare and slow-growing glioma characterized by numerous small, round or ovoid oligodendroglial cells uniformly distributed in a sparse fibrillary stroma.

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oligodendroglioma, (ol´igōden´drōglēō´m),

n a relatively rare, moderately well-differentiated, relatively slow-growing glioma that occurs most frequently in the cerebrum of adults. It is grossly homogeneous, fairly well-circumscribed, moderately firm, and somewhat gritty in consistency, with interstitial calcification sufficiently dense to allow detection by radiographic imaging of the skull.

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oligodendroglioma

a neoplasm derived from and composed of oligodendroglia.