osteosarcoma

noun

os·​te·​o·​sar·​co·​ma ˌä-stē-ō-sär-ˈkō-mə 

plural osteosarcomas also osteosarcomata ˌä-stē-ō-sär-ˈkō-mə-tə 

: a sarcoma derived from bone or containing bone tissue

Examples of osteosarcoma in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The volleyball player was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a common bone cancer, in December 2024 at age 16 after knee pain sent him to his orthopedist for an MRI, and eventually to Nicklaus for more testing. — Michelle Marchante september 11, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

Because his cancer was a rare form of UPS located in the bone, his doctors had to determine whether to treat it with a shorter regimen typically used for soft-tissue sarcoma or the more intensive 27-week protocol used for osteosarcoma. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

The bone cancer osteosarcoma is more common in dogs than people, so scientists have learned techniques from the animals on how to treat people with the same cancer, and vice versa. — Kyle Melnick The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026

Scheffler’s most personal philanthropic work traces back to a childhood friendship with James Ragan, a fellow junior golfer in Texas who was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in 2006. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

New Latin

First Known Use

1804, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for osteosarcoma

• chondrosarcoma
• enantiomer
• fibrosarcoma
• lymphosarcoma
• angiosarcoma
• comber
• gomer
• omer
• vomer
• leiomyosarcoma
• rhabdomyosarcoma
• misnomer

Medical Definition

osteosarcoma

noun

os·​teo·​sar·​co·​ma -sär-ˈkō-mə 

plural osteosarcomas also osteosarcomata -mət-ə 

: a sarcoma derived from bone or containing bone tissue

called also osteogenic sarcoma