angiosarcoma

an·gi·o·sar·co·ma

[an-jee-oh-sahr-koh-muh]
noun, plural an·gi·o·sar·co·mas, an·gi·o·sar·co·ma·ta [an-jee-oh-sahr-koh-muh-tuh] . Pathology.
malignant overgrowth of vascular tissue.

Origin:
angio- + sarcoma

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angiosarcoma an·gi·o·sar·co·ma (ān'jē-ō-sär-kō'mə)
n.
A rare malignant tumor occurring most often in the breast and skin and believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels.

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Angiosarcoma has a plethora of syllables.
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the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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