Meanings
nounGleason score (plural Gleason scores)
plural Gleason scores
- A score achieved in the Gleason grading system, used in evaluating the prognosis of men with prostate cancer.
Origin
Named after Donald Gleason, a pathologist at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Hospital who developed it with colleagues in the 1960s.
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Gleason score. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gleason%20score
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“Gleason score.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gleason%20score. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gleason score,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gleason%20score.
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