Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gliosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: glio-sis
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A proliferation of astrocytes in damaged areas of the central nervous system. This proliferation usually leads to the formation of a glial scar.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Material for the second MS library (herein MS2) came from a pool of tissues from two patients, one with acute, active lesions and widespread inflammatory involvement in the white matter, and the other with chronic, "silent" lesions, with gliosis, but without evidence of a lymphocytic infiltrate."

Etymology

From glia + -osis.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: glia

Usage

Inflected Forms

glioses (plural)

Derived Forms

enterogliosis macrogliosis microgliosis neurogliosis

Questions

What does gliosis mean?: A proliferation of astrocytes in damaged areas of the central nervous system. This proliferation usually leads to the formation of a glial scar.
Where does gliosis come from?: From glia + -osis.

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