A benign or malignant brain and spinal cord tumor that arises from glial cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal cells). Tumors that arise from astrocytes are called astrocytic tumors or astrocytomas. Tumors that arise from oligodendrocytes are called oligodendroglial tumors. Tumors that arise from ependymal cells are called ependymomas.

http://identifiers.org/mesh/D005910

http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0017638

http://identifiers.org/snomedct/393564001

tumor of neuroglia

neuroglial tumor

glial neoplasm

glial tumor

glioma

neoplasm of the neuroglia

neoplasm of neuroglia

neuroglial neoplasm

tumor of the neuroglia

MONDO:0021042

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo.owl

http://www.case.edu/EpSO.owl#Glioma