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Definition of Astrocytoma
1. [n -MATA or -MAS]
Medical Definition of Astrocytoma
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Astrocytoma
Literary usage of Astrocytoma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"The presence of large globoid cells with eccentric nuclei caused Russel and
Rubinstein (1959) to devise a subgroup of the fibrillary astrocytoma, ..."
2. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Similar effects are seen with various astrocytoma cell lines (33). ... Neurons plated
on these astrocytoma cells rapidly bind to the astrocytoma cell and ..."
3. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"The remaining list of true tumors includes: Í astrocytoma, Glioma < Gliosarcoma
... astrocytoma, typical adult glioma. 2. Gliosarcoma, anaplastic, cellular. ..."
4. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"In a survey of 636 tumours from domestic animals, Plummer (1956) discovered one
brain tumour, an astrocytoma, in a heifer. Fankhauser (1947) described 2 ..."
5. Emf Science Review Symposium: Breakout Group Reports for Theoretical edited by Mary S. Wolfe, Christopher J. Portier (1997)
"In these studies the growth of human astrocytoma cells in culture was enhanced
by exposure to a 1.2 G, 60 Hz magnetic field for 24 hours. ..."
6. Disability Evaluation Under Social Security edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"11.05 Brain tumors A. Malignant gliomas (astrocytoma - grades III and IV,
glioblastoma multiforme), medulloblastoma, ependymoblastoma, or primary sarcoma; ..."
7. A Light in the Midst of Darkness by Erik Loebl (2007)
"So what exactly is JPA, or Juvenile Pilocytic astrocytoma? ... N=3) An astrocytoma
is defined as being a tumor which arises in the supportive cells ..."
8. Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke: The Report of the edited by Lauren Zeise, Amy J. Dunn (2000)
"(1990) was designed to identify risk factors for astrocytoma, the most frequently
occurring central nervous system tumors in children. ..."
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