glia din (gli'ad-in)

See vegetable gelatin, under gelatin. [Gr., glia, glue.] glioma (gli-o'mah). neoplasm of the central Of Virchow, nervous a system, colloid formed by the proliferation of neuroglia cells or the ependyma. It may be single or double, hard or soft, and contain many fibers having special staining affinities for nerulogical stains, g. retinae. Syn.: fungus medularis oculi. A tumor of the retina closely resembling cerebral g. histologically identical with the small round celled sarcoma. g. telangiectaticum. A g. in which the blood ve els are numerous and dilated. [Gr., glia, glue.] gliomatosis (gli-o-mat-o's is). tion of a glioma, medullary The g.form a- See syringomyelia. [Gr., glia, glue.]