sarcoma
noun
any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
sarcomatous
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a word derived from
sarcoma.
Example Sentences
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They read and discussed 1,200 papers on subjects ranging from the folklore of Schoharie County, N. Y., to sarcomatous changes in mammary adenomas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tumours of the thyreoid, enlarged lymph glands, and fatty and sarcomatous tumours can usually be distinguished from aneurysm by the history of the swelling and by physical examination.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
The matrix of the tumour is made up of cartilaginous, myxomatous, sarcomatous, or angiomatous tissue, the proportion of these different elements varying in individual specimens, and it may include some portions that are adenomatous.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
A rare form of disease, heretofore looked upon as sarcomatous, but now generally recognized as granuloma, and formerly described under the names mycosis fungoides, inflammatory fungoid neoplasm, and several others.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
He was suffering from a soft sarcomatous swelling of one of the metacarpal joints, and I made him realise that it was only by losing his hand that he could hope to save his life.
From The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
