Definitions
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- noun A rare
glial tumor derived from the astroblast.
Etymologies
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astroblast + -oma
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Examples
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“One is a rhabdomyosarcoma of the heart, the other an astroblastoma of the brain.”
Fatal Care Goldberg, Leonard 2001
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“Did it have any similarities to the rhabdomyosarcoma or astroblastoma we saw in the initial two patients?”
Fatal Care Goldberg, Leonard 2001
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“The first patient had her cerebral arteries cleaned out and later developed an astroblastoma.”
Fatal Care Goldberg, Leonard 2001
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“One patient had a rhabdomyosarcoma, the other an astroblastoma.”
Fatal Care Goldberg, Leonard 2001
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