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GLIOMA
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Irregular inflected form: gliomata
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("glioma" is a kind of...):
brain tumor; brain tumour (a tumor in the brain)
Meronyms (substance of "glioma"):
glia; neuroglia (sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system)
Context examples:
This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of glioma and carcinoma of the lung.
(MIR128-1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of glioma, plasma cell myeloma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
(MIR181B1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with development of glioma, multiple myeloma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
(MIR181B1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
An oligodendroglial component can be seen in central nervous system tumors including glioblastomas and mixed gliomas.
(Oligodendroglial Component Present, NCI Thesaurus)
A glioma that affects the optic nerve.
(Optic Nerve Glioma, NCI Thesaurus)
The majority of optic nerve tumors or optic gliomas.
(Optic Nerve Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Aberrant expression of the gene may be associated with glioma.
(PLAGL2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
An oligoastrocytoma is a type of mixed glioma.
(Oligoastrocytoma, NCI Dictionary)
It is characterized by the development of peripheral and central nervous system tumors including acoustic schwannomas, neurofibromas, gliomas, and meningiomas.
(Neurofibromatosis type 2, NCI Thesaurus)
A murine IgG2 monoclonal antibody (MoAb) 81C6 raised against the extracellular matrix antigen tenascin (hexabrachion), up-regulated in gliomas and other cancers.
(Monoclonal Antibody 81C6, NCI Thesaurus)
