glioblastoma multiforme

glioblastoma multiforme
A glioma consisting chiefly of undifferentiated anaplastic cells of astrocytic origin that show marked nuclear pleomorphism, necrosis, and vascular endothelial proliferation; frequently, tumor cells are arranged radially about an irregular focus of necrosis; these neoplasms grow rapidly, invade extensively, and occur most frequently in the cerebrum of adults. [G. glia, glue, + blastos, germ, + -oma, tumor]
- giant cell g. a histologic form of glioblastoma with large, often multinucleated, bizarre, tumor cells. SYN: giant cell monstrocellular sarcoma of Zülch, gigantocellular glioma.

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glioblastoma mul·ti·for·me -.məlt-ə-'fȯrm-ē n GLIOBLASTOMA

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