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GLIOBLASTOMA

Dictionary entry overview: What does glioblastoma mean?

• GLIOBLASTOMA (noun)
The noun GLIOBLASTOMA has 1 sense:

1. a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal

Familiarity information: GLIOBLASTOMA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GLIOBLASTOMA (noun)

Sense 1

glioblastoma ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

glioblastoma; spongioblastoma

Hypernyms ("glioblastoma" is a kind of...):

brain tumor; brain tumour (a tumor in the brain)

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