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Definition: Glioma |
GliomaNoun1. A tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Glioma \Gli*o"ma\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression glue -oma.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A cancer of the brain that comes from glial, or supportive, cells. (references) |
Medicine | A tumor designed from neuroglial cells or their antecedents. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Glioma |
| Specialty definitions using "glioma": Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms, CNS tumors ♦ gliosarcoma ♦ Optic Nerve Neoplasms ♦ PDGF-A. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Glioma" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (glioma). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Astrocytomas - These are the most common type of glioma. (references) | |
Ganglioneuromas - The rarest form of glioma, these tumors contain both glial cells and mature neurons. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Glioma" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Glioma" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "glioma": brain stem glioma ♦ Optic Nerve Glioma ♦ visual pathway glioma. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
glioma | 103 |
brain stem glioma | 15 |
optic glioma | 10 |
glioma pontine | 9 |
glioma brain tumor | 9 |
glioma grade low | 7 |
brainstem glioma | 6 |
glioma grade high | 6 |
glioma tumor | 5 |
malignant glioma | 5 |
optic nerve glioma | 4 |
adult glioma stem | 4 |
glioma grade iv | 4 |
astrocytoma glioma | 3 |
blastoma glioma | 2 |
glioma oxygen | 2 |
brain glioma | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "glioma"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | gliom. (various references) | |
Dutch | glioom, glioma. (various references) | |
Finnish | schwannooma (neurilemmoma, neurinoma, periferal glioma, schwannoma), neurinooma (neurilemmoma, neurinoma, periferal glioma, schwannoma), neurilemmooma (neurilemmoma, neurinoma, periferal glioma, schwannoma), hermosyyn tupen kasvain (neurilemmoma, neurinoma, periferal glioma, schwannoma). (various references) | |
French | gliome. (various references) | |
German | Glioma, Gliom. (various references) | |
Greek | γλοίωμα. (various references) | |
Italian | glioma chiasmatico (chiasmal glioma), schwannoma (neurilemmoma, neurinoma, periferal glioma, schwannoma), neurinoma (neurilemmoma, neurinoma, periferal glioma, schwannoma), neurilemmoma (neurilemmoma, neurinoma, periferal glioma, schwannoma). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iomaglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | glioma. (various references) | |
Spanish | glioma. (various references) | |
Swedish | schwannom (neurilemmoma, neurinoma, periferal glioma, schwannoma), schwannogliom (neurilemmoma, neurinoma, periferal glioma, schwannoma), neurinom (neurilemmoma, neurinoma, periferal glioma, schwannoma). (various references) | |
Turkish | gliyom, beyin tümörü. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "glioma": gliomas, gliomata. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "glioma" (pronounced 'Gli*o"ma'): Aboma, Adenoma, Adipoma, Amma, Amphiuma, Analemma, Arapaima, Aroma, Asthma, Atheroma, Bema, Blastema, BRAHMA, Brama, Bregma, Broma, Cauma, Ceroma, Chacma, Chiloma, Chloasma, Chondroma, Cima, Coloboma, Comma, Cosmorama, Croma, Cyclorama, Cytoblastema, Enigma, fibroma, GAMMA, gemma, Georama, Glama, Glaucoma, gumma, hematoma, Hypoderma, karma, Kokama, Lecama, lemma, Lepisma, leucoma, Lima, lipoma, llama, Loma, Lucuma. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-l-m-o" | |
-1 letter: amigo, gloam, imago, logia. | |
-2 letters: agio, gaol, glia, glim, glom, goal, lima, limo, loam, magi, mail, milo, moil, mola, ogam. | |
-3 letters: ago, ail, aim, ami, gal, gam, goa, lag, lam, log, mag, mig, mil, moa, mog, mol, oil. | |
-4 letters: ag, ai, al, am, go, la, li, lo, ma, mi, mo, om. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-l-m-o" | |
+1 letter: gliomas, loaming. | |
+2 letters: algorism, flamingo, gliomata, gloaming, gnomical, kilogram, magnolia, marigold. | |
+3 letters: algorisms, algorithm, clamoring, flamingos, gamboling, glamorise, glamorize, gloamings, globalism, kilograms, logarithm, magnolias, marigolds, polygamic, rigmarole, sigmoidal, slaloming. | |
+4 letters: algorithms, allogamies, amygdaloid, bigamously, clamouring, cognominal, diplomaing, dogmatical, flamingoes, gadolinium, gambolling, glamorised, glamorises, glamorized, glamorizer, glamorizes, glamouring, glamourize, globalisms, hologamies, immolating, lampooning, logarithms, lovemaking, mineralogy, miscatalog, modulating, moralising, moralizing, organismal, paralogism, polygamies, polygamist, polygamize, rigamarole, rigmaroles, rosemaling, toolmaking. | |
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