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astrocytoma

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as·tro·cy·to·ma  (str-s-tm)
n. pl. as·tro·cy·to·mas or as·tro·cy·to·ma·ta (-m-t)
A malignant tumor of nervous tissue composed of astrocytes.
astrocytoma
a brain tumor composed of large, star-shaped cells called astrocytes.
See also: Cancer
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Tew said that the three-dimensional brain-mapping enabled his team to navigate a trajectory through the patient's brain, and to remove 90 percent of the malignant tumour, an anaplastic astrocytoma, without harming the healthy brain tissue-including the deep nerve-fibre tracts-that surrounded it.
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