Etymology: < modern Latin gliōmat-glioman. + -oussuffix.
Of the nature of glioma.
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gliomatous1870
1870 J. PagetLect. Surg. Pathol. (ed. 3) 471 In some cases the gliomatous tumour has a firm consistence.
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep.9 429 The medulla oblongata was the seat of a hard gliomatous growth.
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