glioma
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Etymology
Origin of glioma
From New Latin, dating back to 1865–70; see origin at glia, -oma
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
The company said the deal will make it a leader in pediatric low-grade glioma, a brain tumor, and expand its pipeline for drugs targeting adult and pediatric cancers with high unmet needs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
The new findings show that although IDH wildtype glioblastoma and IDH-mutant glioma are both malignant brain tumors, they arise from different types of cells and begin in different regions of the brain.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026
Some of the deep grief I’ve experienced since Stephen was initially diagnosed with an incurable glioma seven years ago had subsided a little, but it’s back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
Ronnie Hood, 11, from Sudbury, Suffolk, was diagnosed with a diffuse midline glioma in March after doctors were unable to remove the entirety of a tumour growing on his spine and brain.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2024
Various forms of growth occur in the brain, the most common being tuberculous nodules, syphilitic gumma, endothelioma, glioma, and sarcoma.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
It is a part of a larger group of tumors called gliomas.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Standard chemotherapy for optic gliomas is only moderately effective at preventing further vision loss and can affect children's developing brains, resulting in cognitive and behavioral problems.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024
The new discovery was made possible by building on recent work conducted by Patel's team, as well as previous work by Levine and Boudreau that explored gliomas, another type of brain tumor.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024
These studies are the first to investigate the effectiveness of the combination therapy in paediatric gliomas.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023
Stopping the worst gliomas, including DIPG, will require a mixture of tactics, from cancer neuroscience and from other oncology specialties, Monje said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2023
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
