A tumor or abnormal growth of tissue originating in the brain, including both cancerous and non-cancerous types.
From Latin cerebrum (brain) + -oma (tumor or swelling). The -oma suffix is standard medical terminology for tumors and neoplastic growths.
While 'cerebroma' is technically correct, doctors almost always use more specific terms like 'glioma' or 'astrocytoma' because different brain tumor types have wildly different treatments and prognoses—one-size-fits-all terminology can be dangerous in medicine.
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