sarcoma
Americannoun
plural
sarcomas, sarcomatanoun
plural
sarcomas-
A malignant tumor originating from mesodermal tissue, such as fat, muscle, or bone.
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Etymology
Origin of sarcoma
1650–60; < New Latin < Greek sárkōma fleshy growth. See sarc-, -oma
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Mrs Harper with the couple's son Arthur, nine, will walk the length of the South Downs Way in Sussex starting on 20 July to raise awareness and money for Sarcoma UK.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2024
Bertagnolli became a surgeon when women were just starting to enter the field in substantial numbers, said George D. Demetri, a medical oncologist and director of the Sarcoma Center at Dana-Farber.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2022
The Power of Will will kick off its fundraising efforts with a Soirée for Sarcoma June 12 at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Auburn where they’ll be a cocktail reception and silent auction.
From Washington Times • May 9, 2021
Living on Sarcoma Penitentiary’s death row surely concentrates the mind, in Samuel Johnson’s dry phrase.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2018
Sarcoma of Orbit causing Exophthalmos and Downward Displacement of the Eye, and Projecting in Temporal Region 488 239.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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