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astrocytomatous en · ADJ

Etymology

From astrocytoma + -ous or astro- + -cytomatous.

Meanings

  1. Pertaining to an astrocytoma.
    • In contrast to the 'cookie-cutter' uniformity of the oligodendroglioma nuclei, the astrocytomatous nuclei have a 'hand poured' quality with uneven edges, elongated profiles, and irregular density. 2006, Roger McLendon, Marc Rosenblum, Darell Bigner, Russell & Rubinstein's Pathology of Tumors of the Nervous System, page 67:
    • This picture taken from another field shows side by side the giant cells on top and the obvious astrocytomatous part of the tumor on the bottom. 1972, Lucien Jules Rubinstein, Tumors of the Central Nervous System, page 73:
    • Oligodendrogliomatous and astrocytomatous tumors are not sharply distinct types of glioma . 1960, Gunma Journal of Medical Sciences - Volume 9, page 10: