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glioma

/ɡlaɪˈəʊmə/

glioma noun: a tumour that arises from glial cells in the brain or spinal cord.

Noun

glioma (plural gliomas or gliomata)

  1. A tumour that arises from glial cells in the brain or spinal cord

glioma meaning in Tamil

glioma in Tamil

நரம்புசார் புற்றுநோய், கிளையப்புற்று, வழுவுமூட்டு

Forms of glioma

pluralgliomas
pluralgliomata

Origin of glioma

From glia + -oma.

Words formed from glioma

Questions about glioma

What does glioma mean?
Glioma means a tumour that arises from glial cells in the brain or spinal cord.
What is glioma in Tamil?
Glioma in Tamil is நரம்புசார் புற்றுநோய், கிளையப்புற்று, வழுவுமூட்டு. See Glioma meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is glioma?
Glioma is a noun.
How do you pronounce glioma?
Glioma is pronounced /ɡlaɪˈəʊmə/.
What is the plural of glioma?
The plural of glioma is gliomas.

Words near glioma in the dictionary

  1. gliofibrillary
  2. gliofibroma
  3. gliofibromas
  4. gliogenesis
  5. gliogenic
  6. glioma
  7. gliomagenesis
  8. gliomagenic
  9. gliomal
  10. gliomas
  11. gliomasphere

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Adapted from Wiktionary: glioma (page history and authors); glioma (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.

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