Verified corpus entry

glioblastoma

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Morphology rail

Construction: Combining form gli/o, glia or gluey substance; Root blast-, bud or germ cell; Suffix -oma, tumor or mass; reconstructs glioblastoma.

  1. 01C/F / Combining form

    gli/o

    Surface: glio

    glia or gluey substance

  2. 02ROOT / Root

    blast-

    Surface: blast

    bud or germ cell

  3. 03SUF / Suffix

    -oma

    Surface: oma

    tumor or mass

glioblastoma

Verified entry

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A source-cited word-part teaching record for glioblastoma.

Reference paths

  • gli/o — glia or gluey substance
  • blast- — bud or germ cell
  • -oma — tumor or mass

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  1. Source 1

    Medical Terminology, 2nd ed., Chapter 16 - Nervous System Terminology

    National Library of Medicine, Open Resources for Nursing

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  2. Source 2

    Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean

    National Library of Medicine, NIH

    External link to medlineplus.gov; opens in a new tab.

  3. Source 3

    Medical Terminology, 2nd ed., Chapter 1 - Identifying Word Parts

    National Library of Medicine, Open Resources for Nursing

    External link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov; opens in a new tab.

  4. Source 4

    Download MeSH Data

    National Library of Medicine

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