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sarcoid

American  
[sahr-koid] / ˈsɑr kɔɪd /

noun

  1. a growth resembling a sarcoma.

  2. a lesion of sarcoidosis.

  3. sarcoidosis.

adjective

  1. resembling flesh; fleshy.

  2. resembling a sarcoma.

sarcoid British  
/ ˈsɑːkɔɪd /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling flesh

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a tumour resembling a sarcoma

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of sarcoid

First recorded in 1835–45; sarc- + -oid

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And so they headed to the University of California, San Francisco, to see their fourth neurologist, Dr. Jeffrey Gelfand, a specialist in sarcoid and other inflammatory diseases of the brain that could cause the lumpy changes seen in the scan.

From New York Times

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