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sarc-

var. of sarco-, esp. before a vowel: sarcoma.

-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-
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sarco- or sarc-
pref.

  1. Flesh: sarcocele.

  2. Striated muscle: sarcolemma.

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