SPONGIOBLASTOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spongioblastoma mean? 

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

1. a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPONGIOBLASTOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

glioblastoma; spongioblastoma

Hypernyms ("spongioblastoma" is a kind of...):

brain tumor; brain tumour (a tumor in the brain)