GLIOMA (gliomata)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: gliomata   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does glioma mean? 

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

1. a tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLIOMA (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 

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with glioma and breast cancer.

(MIR146B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of carcinoma of the breast and glioma.

(MIR146B Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of plasma cell myeloma and glioma.

(MIR181A1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of glioma and multiple myeloma.

(MIR181A1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with development of glioma and multiple myeloma.

(MIR181A2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes MIR128-2 RNA, plays roles in lung cancer and glioma.

(MIR128-2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with development of glioma and lung cancer.

(MIR128-1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) formation is either de novo (primary GBMs) or due to the progression of a lower grade glioma to a higher grade one through the acquisition of additional mutations (secondary GBMs).

(Glioblastoma Multiforme Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Glioma Tumor Suppressor Candidate Region Gene 1 Protein is encoded by the human GLTSCR1 gene.

(Glioma Tumor Suppressor Candidate Region Gene 1 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Glioma tumor suppressor candidate region gene 2 protein (478 aa, ~54 kDa) is encoded by the human GLTSCR2 gene.

(Glioma Tumor Suppressor Candidate Region Gene 2 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)