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Medical Dictionary
glioblastoma gli·o·blas·to·ma (glē'ō-blā-stō'mə, glī'-)
n.
A glioma consisting chiefly of undifferentiated anaplastic cells frequently arranged radially about an irregular focus of necrosis, usually occurring in the cerebrum of adults. Also called grade IV astrocytoma.
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WordNet
| glioblastoma | |
noun | |
| a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal |
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Glioblastoma
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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