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fibrosarcoma

American  
[fahy-broh-sahr-koh-muh] / ˌfaɪ broʊ sɑrˈkoʊ mə /

noun

Pathology.
  • fibrosarcomas,
    plural
  • fibrosarcomata
    plural
  1. a sarcoma derived from fibroblast cells, often able to generate collagen.


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Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of fibrosarcoma

First recorded in 1875–80; fibro- + sarcoma


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Tests confirmed the reptile had a fibrosarcoma - a malignant tumour - in the jaw.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

It was also 3.5 times more effective against prostate cancer and 7.5 times more effective against fibrosarcoma cells in the lab.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024

As primitive Physarum has extraordinary qualities of high resistance to X-ray bombardments and emanations from radium, it resembles the cells of stubborn cancers called fibrosarcomas.

From Time Magazine Archive

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