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oligodendroglioma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables
oligo-den-droglioma
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A glioma believed to originate from the oligodendrocytes of the brain or from a glial precursor cell.

Etymology

From oligo- + dendroglioma.

Inflected Forms

oligodendrogliomas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

oligodendrogliomagenesis oligodendrogliomal oligodendrogliopathy oligodendropathology

Questions

What does oligodendroglioma mean?
A glioma believed to originate from the oligodendrocytes of the brain or from a glial precursor cell.
Where does oligodendroglioma come from?
From oligo- + dendroglioma.

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