sarcoma

[ sahr-koh-muh ]

/ sɑrˈkoʊ mə /

any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.

Origin of sarcoma

1650–60; < New Latin < Greek sárkōma fleshy growth. See sarc-, -oma

sar·co·ma·toid, sar·co·ma·tous

[sahr-koh-muh-tuh s, -kom-uh-] /sɑrˈkoʊ mə təs, -ˈkɒm ə-/, adjective

Dr. Kent Sepkowitz on the most likely suspect, sarcoma, a possible prognosis—and whether Chávez could be saved in the U.S.

Which Cancer Is Hugo Chávez Fighting? |Kent Sepkowitz |December 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The likelihood of sarcoma is further signaled by the winking comments from doctors in neighboring countries.

Which Cancer Is Hugo Chávez Fighting? |Kent Sepkowitz |December 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
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.

Larry Sultan's California Dreams |Philip Gefter |December 17, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
In sarcoma of the lower end of the tibia, the swelling lacks the uniform distribution of that met with in joint disease.

Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. |Alexander Miles

Carcinoma is far more common than sarcoma, and is generally of the squamous-celled variety.

A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) |Various
Sarcoma of the tongue is rare, and is sometimes met with in children.

Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. |Alexander Miles
They are attended with exudation into the joint, and in the case of sarcoma the fluid is usually blood-stained.

Manual of Surgery |Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
Malignant disease of the kidney takes the form of sarcoma or carcinoma.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 7 |Various

sarcoma

/ (sɑːˈkəʊmə) /

pathol a usually malignant tumour arising from connective tissue

sarcomatoid or sarcomatous, adjective

C17: via New Latin from Greek sarkōma fleshy growth; see sarco-, -oma

sarcoma

[ sär-kō′mə ]

A malignant tumor arising from connective tissues.

sar•co′ma•toid′ (-mə-toid′) null adj.

sarcoma

[ sär-kō′mə ]

A malignant tumor originating from mesodermal tissue, such as fat, muscle, or bone. Compare carcinoma.