Word.ws English Dictionary

astrocytoma

astrocytoma noun: a cancer of the brain that originates in astrocytes.

Noun

astrocytoma (plural astrocytomas or astrocytomata)

  1. A cancer of the brain that originates in astrocytes

astrocytoma meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

astrocytoma in Tamil

தாரைச்செல்புத்து, நரம்பு நார்த் திசுக் கட்டி, மூளைக் கழலை

astrocytoma in Indonesian

Translations
astrositoma

Forms of astrocytoma

pluralastrocytomas
pluralastrocytomata

Origin of astrocytoma

From astrocyte + -oma.

Words formed from astrocytoma

Questions about astrocytoma

What does astrocytoma mean?
Astrocytoma means a cancer of the brain that originates in astrocytes.
What is astrocytoma in Tamil?
Astrocytoma in Tamil is தாரைச்செல்புத்து, நரம்பு நார்த் திசுக் கட்டி, மூளைக் கழலை. See Astrocytoma meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is astrocytoma?
Astrocytoma is a noun.
What is the plural of astrocytoma?
The plural of astrocytoma is astrocytomas.

Words near astrocytoma in the dictionary

  1. astrocytic
  2. astrocytical
  3. astrocytically
  4. astrocytin
  5. astrocytogenesis
  6. astrocytoma
  7. astrocytomas
  8. astrocytomata
  9. astrocytomatous
  10. astrocytopathies
  11. astrocytopathy

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: astrocytoma (page history and authors); astrocytoma (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-astrocytoma.wav.

Cite this entry: “astrocytoma.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/astrocytoma. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.