sarcoma

[sahr-koh-muh]

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noun, plural sar·co·mas, sar·co·ma·ta

[sahr-koh-muh-tuh] /sɑrˈkoʊ mə tə/. Pathology.

any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.

Origin of sarcoma

1650–60; < New Latin < Greek sárkōma fleshy growth. See sarc-, -oma

Related formssar·co·ma·toid, sar·co·ma·tous

[sahr-koh-muh-tuh s, -kom-uh-] /sɑrˈkoʊ mə təs, -ˈkɒm ə-/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for sarcoma

Contemporary Examples

Dr. Kent Sepkowitz on the most likely suspect, sarcoma, a possible prognosis—and whether Chávez could be saved in the U.S.
Which Cancer Is Hugo Chávez Fighting?
Kent Sepkowitz
December 11, 2012
The likelihood of sarcoma is further signaled by the winking comments from doctors in neighboring countries.
Which Cancer Is Hugo Chávez Fighting?
Kent Sepkowitz
December 11, 2012
He was diagnosed with sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, in August and had to come to terms with dying in a manner of months.
Larry Sultan's California Dreams
Philip Gefter
December 17, 2009

Historical Examples

And such rebellions are our most terrible disease-processes, cancer and sarcoma.
Preventable Diseases
Woods Hutchinson
The malignant neuroma is a sarcoma growing from the sheath of a nerve.
Manual of Surgery
Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
Melanotic sarcoma may occur as metastatic from an original melano-sarcomatous tumor of the skin or eyeball.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II
Various
Sarcoma is about the most frequent and dangerous tumor that is found in cattle.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Gliomatous tumor is a variety of sarcoma very rarely found in the structure of the cerebellum.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
United States Department of Agriculture

British Dictionary definitions for sarcoma

sarcoma

noun plural -mata (-mətə) or -mas

pathol a usually malignant tumour arising from connective tissue

Derived Formssarcomatoid or sarcomatous, adjective

Word Origin

C17: via New Latin from Greek sarkōma fleshy growth; see sarco-, -oma

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Word Origin and History for sarcoma

n.

1650s, "fleshy excrescence," Medical Latin, from Greek sarkoma "fleshy substance" (Galen), from sarkoun "to produce flesh, grow fleshy," from sarx (genitive sarkos) "flesh" (see sarcasm) + -oma. Meaning "harmful tumor of the connective tissue" first recorded 1804.

sarcoma in Medicine

sarcoma

(sär-kō′mə)

n. pl. sar•co•mas

A malignant tumor arising from connective tissues.

Related formssar•co′ma•toid′ (-mə-toid′) null adj.

sarcoma in Science

sarcoma

[sär-kō′mə]

Plural sarcomas sarcomata (sär-kō′mə-tə)

A malignant tumor originating from mesodermal tissue, such as fat, muscle, or bone. Compare carcinoma.

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Examples from the Web for sarcoma

Contemporary Examples

Dr. Kent Sepkowitz on the most likely suspect, sarcoma, a possible prognosis—and whether Chávez could be saved in the U.S.

The likelihood of sarcoma is further signaled by the winking comments from doctors in neighboring countries.

He was diagnosed with sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, in August and had to come to terms with dying in a manner of months.

Historical Examples

And such rebellions are our most terrible disease-processes, cancer and sarcoma.

The malignant neuroma is a sarcoma growing from the sheath of a nerve.

Melanotic sarcoma may occur as metastatic from an original melano-sarcomatous tumor of the skin or eyeball.

Sarcoma is about the most frequent and dangerous tumor that is found in cattle.

Gliomatous tumor is a variety of sarcoma very rarely found in the structure of the cerebellum.

sarcoma

Word Origin

Word Origin and History for sarcoma

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