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sarc-

1
  1. variant of sarco-, especially before a vowel:

    sarcoma.



-sarc

2
  1. a combining form meaning “one having flesh or tissue” of the kind specified by the initial element:

    ectosarc.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sarc-1

< Greek -sarcos, derivative of sárx flesh

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