-sarc
| a combining form meaning “one having flesh or tissue” of the kind specified by the initial element: ectosarc. |
Origin: < Gk
-sarcos, deriv. of
sárx flesh
sarco-
| a combining form meaning “flesh,” used in the formation of compound words: sarcocarp. |
Also,
especially before a vowel, sarc-.
Origin: < Gk
sark- (s. of
sárx) +
-o-
Medical Dictionary
sarco- or sarc-
pref.
Flesh: sarcocele.
Striated muscle: sarcolemma.
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