sarcomas

Variant of sarcoma

sarcoma definition

sar·coma (sär kō′mə)

noun pl. sarcomas -·mas or sarcomata -·mata (-mə tə)

any of various malignant tumors that begin in connective tissue, or in tissue developed from the mesoderm

Etymology: ModL < Gr sarkōma < sarx, flesh: see sarcasm & -oma

Related Forms:

  • sarcomatosis sar·co′·ma·to′·sis (-tō′sis) noun
  • sarcomatous sar·co′·ma·tous (-təs, -käm′ə-) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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