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gliomatosis

gliomatosis noun: excessive development of the neuroglia, especially of the spinal cord, in certain cases of syringomyelia.

Noun

gliomatosis (uncountable)

  1. Excessive development of the neuroglia, especially of the spinal cord, in certain cases of syringomyelia

Origin of gliomatosis

From glioma + -osis. By surface analysis, gli- + -omatosis.

Words formed from gliomatosis

Questions about gliomatosis

What does gliomatosis mean?
Gliomatosis means excessive development of the neuroglia, especially of the spinal cord, in certain cases of syringomyelia.
What part of speech is gliomatosis?
Gliomatosis is a noun.

Words near gliomatosis in the dictionary

  1. gliomas
  2. gliomasphere
  3. gliomaspheres
  4. gliomata
  5. gliomatogenesis
  6. gliomatosis
  7. gliomatosis cerebri
  8. gliomatous
  9. gliomaxenograft
  10. gliomaxenografts
  11. gliomedin

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