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sɑrˈkoʊ mə; -mə təsar·co·ma

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sarcomanoun

    a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer

Wiktionary

  1. sarcomanoun

    A type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sarcomanoun

    A fleshy excrescence, or lump, growing in any part of the body, especially the nostrils. Nathan Bailey

    Etymology: σάρϰωμα.

Wikipedia

  1. Sarcoma

    A sarcoma is a malignant tumor, a type of cancer that arises from transformed cells of mesenchymal (connective tissue) origin. Connective tissue is a broad term that includes bone, cartilage, fat, vascular, or hematopoietic tissues, and sarcomas can arise in any of these types of tissues. As a result, there are many subtypes of sarcoma, which are classified based on the specific tissue and type of cell from which the tumor originates. Sarcomas are primary connective tissue tumors, meaning that they arise in connective tissues. This is in contrast to secondary (or "metastatic") connective tissue tumors, which occur when a cancer from elsewhere in the body (such as the lungs, breast tissue or prostate) spreads to the connective tissue. The word sarcoma is derived from the Greek σάρκωμα sarkōma "fleshy excrescence or substance", itself from σάρξ sarx meaning "flesh".

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  1. sarcoma

    Sarcoma is a type of cancer that originates in the cells of connective or supportive tissues of the body such as bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other soft tissues. It's characterized by abnormal and uncontrolled cell growth and can develop in any part of the body. Sarcomas are relatively rare, comprising less than 1% of all adult cancers and approximately 15% of all childhood cancers.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sarcomanoun

    a tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growth made up of cells resembling those of fetal development without any proper intercellular substance

  2. Etymology: [NL., from Gr. , from sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.]

Wikidata

  1. Sarcoma

    A sarcoma is a cancer that arises from transformed cells of mesenchymal origin. Thus, malignant tumors made of cancerous bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, vascular, or hematopoietic tissues are, by definition, considered sarcomas. This is in contrast to a malignant tumor originating from epithelial cells, which are termed carcinoma. Human sarcomas are quite rare. Common malignancies, such as breast, colon, and lung cancer, are almost always carcinoma.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sarcoma

    sär-kō′ma, n. a tumour or group of tumours, often malignant: any fleshy excrescence: (bot.) a fleshy disc:—pl. Sarcō′mata.—n. Sarcomatō′sis, sarcomatous degeneration.—adj. Sarcom′atous. [Gr. sarkōmasarx, flesh.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Sarcoma

    A connective tissue neoplasm formed by proliferation of mesodermal cells; it is usually highly malignant.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sarcoma in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sarcoma in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of sarcoma in a Sentence

  1. Mayo Clinic:

    It usually starts out as a single growth, but multiple growths may occur by the time a person seeks medical help. Sometimes this sarcoma appears as ulcers that don't heal, looking like open wounds over the growths.

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