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sarcomatosis

[sahr-koh-muh-toh-sis]

sar·co·ma·to·sis

[sahr-koh-muh-toh-sis]
noun Pathology.
1.
the condition in which a sarcoma has become disseminated throughout the body.
2.
a condition marked by the production of an overwhelming number of sarcomas throughout the body.

Origin:
1885–90; sarcomat- (combining form of sarcoma) + -osis
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sarcomatosis (sɑːˌkəʊməˈtəʊsɪs)
 
n
pathol a condition characterized by the development of several sarcomas at various bodily sites
 
[C19: see sarcoma, -osis]

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sarcomatosis sar·co·ma·to·sis (sär-kō'mə-tō'sĭs)
n.
Formation of numerous sarcomas in various parts of the body.

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