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Definition: Glioblastoma |
GlioblastomaNoun1. A fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A malignant form of astrocytoma histologically characterized by pleomorphism of cells, nuclear atypia, microhemorrhage, and necrosis. They may arise in any region of the central nervous system, with a predilection for the cerebral hemispheres, basal ganglia, and commissural pathways. Clinical presentation most frequently occurs in the fifth or sixth decade of life with focal neurologic signs or seizures. (references) |
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Synonym: GlioblastomaSynonym: spongioblastoma (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Glioblastoma |
| Specialty definitions using "glioblastoma": glial tumors ♦ N-myc gene. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Glioblastoma" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (glioblastoma). |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Glioblastoma multiforme are among the most common and devastating primary brain tumors that strike adults. (references) | |
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| "Glioblastoma" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Glioblastoma" is used about 3 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% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "glioblastoma": glioblastoma multiforme. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "glioblastoma"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | gliobalstom. (various references) | |
Dutch | glioblastoom, glioblastoma, spongioblastoma. (various references) | |
French | glioblastome. (various references) | |
German | Gliozytom, Gliosarkom, Glioma sarcomatodes, Glioma sacroides, Glioblastoma, Glioblastom, glioblastisches Sarkom, malignes Gliom. (various references) | |
Greek | γλοιοσάρκωμα, γλοιοβλάστωμα ή σπογγιοβλάστωμα. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ioblastomaglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | glioblastoma. (various references) | |
Spanish | glioblastoma. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "glioblastoma": glioblastomas, glioblastomata. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-g-i-l-l-m-o-o-s-t" | |
-3 letters: globalism, globalist, obligatos. | |
-4 letters: ballista, blastoma, galliots, galloots, gliomata, mailbags, maillots, obligato, otalgias, sailboat, timolols, tombolas. | |
-5 letters: abomasi, amatols, baalism, ballast, ballots, basmati, galiots, galliot, galloot, galoots, gambias, gambits, gambols, gimbals, gliomas, labials, lambast, latigos, latosol, mailbag, maillot, maltols, oblasti, ologist, osmolal, otalgia, solatia, somital, stigmal, timbals, timolol, tombola. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-g-i-l-l-m-o-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: glioblastomas. | |
+2 letters: glioblastomata. | |
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