astrocytomatous
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From astrocytoma + -ous or astro- + -cytomatous.
Adjective
[edit]astrocytomatous
- Pertaining to an astrocytoma.
- 1960, Gunma Journal of Medical Sciences - Volume 9, page 10:
- Oligodendrogliomatous and astrocytomatous tumors are not sharply distinct types of glioma .
- 1972, Lucien Jules Rubinstein, Tumors of the Central Nervous System, page 73:
- 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.
- 2006, Roger McLendon, Marc Rosenblum, Darell Bigner, Russell & Rubinstein's Pathology of Tumors of the Nervous System, page 67:
- 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.