sarcoma
any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
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Origin of sarcoma
1Other words from sarcoma
- sar·co·ma·toid, sar·co·ma·tous [sahr-koh-muh-tuhs, -kom-uh-], /sɑrˈkoʊ mə təs, -ˈkɒm ə-/, adjective
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How to use sarcoma in a sentence
While scouting medical literature, Coley found the seven-years-old medical records of a patient who had round cell sarcoma on his neck, which kept growing back despite five surgeries.
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In the last few years in the U.S., new interest has developed in novel therapies to treat sarcoma.
The likelihood of sarcoma is further signaled by the winking comments from doctors in neighboring countries.
He was diagnosed with sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, in August and had to come to terms with dying in a manner of months.
The chief of these are: simple—dermoid patches, moles of the limbus; malignant—sarcoma, endothelioma, epithelioma.
Carcinoma is far more common than sarcoma, and is generally of the squamous-celled variety.
Malignant tumours, both carcinoma and sarcoma, in which an early diagnosis has been made, and so long as they remain intrinsic.
Wassermann experimented with mice inoculated with transplanted tumors of the types of carcinoma and sarcoma.
He had developed a sarcoma of his upper arm and was advised to submit to an amputation at the shoulder joint.
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British Dictionary definitions for sarcoma
/ (sɑːˈkəʊmə) /
pathol a usually malignant tumour arising from connective tissue
Origin of sarcoma
1Derived forms of sarcoma
- sarcomatoid or sarcomatous, adjective
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Scientific definitions for sarcoma
[ sär-kō′mə ]
A malignant tumor originating from mesodermal tissue, such as fat, muscle, or bone. Compare carcinoma.
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