sarcoma

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sar·co·ma | \ sär-ˈkō-mə

plural sarcomas also sarcomata\ sär-ˈkō-mə-tə

Definition of sarcoma

: a malignant tumor arising in tissue (such as connective tissue, bone, cartilage, or striated muscle) of mesodermal origin

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Recent Examples on the Web In December, 2018, Mitchell Barton, a twenty-one-year-old who’d played catcher in Cecil, was also diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma. — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, "When the Kids Started Getting Sick," 2 Mar. 2021 By the time it was discovered in August, the rare sarcoma had already spread from her adrenal glands to her lungs. — Alan Cowell, BostonGlobe.com, "Behind the lines of Britain’s COVID war," 2 Mar. 2021 Madonna came with her friend, Martin Burgoyne, her roommate who was an artist who had Kaposi sarcoma. — Phillip Picardi, Vogue, "Chapter Three: How ACT UP and the Downtown Fashion Scene Came to the Rescue," 16 Dec. 2020 One patient was diagnosed with Kaposi’s sarcoma, a rare form of skin cancer that Dr. Wallace helped link to the virus that became known as HIV. — Emily Langer, Washington Post, "Joyce Wallace, physician who catered with compassion to prostitutes, dies at 79," 30 Oct. 2020 Kaposi’s sarcoma, a rare and often rapidly fatal form of cancer. — New York Times, "Dr. Joyce Wallace, Pioneering AIDS Physician, Dies at 79," 27 Oct. 2020 Faris learned that there was very little research being done on Ewing’s sarcoma. — Juhi Varma, Chron, "Sugar Land-based Faris Foundation honors the wish of an angel, works to end childhood cancer," 26 Oct. 2020 Those with Kaposi’s sarcoma developed bulbous red-and-purple tumors that distorted their faces, choked their throats, and swelled their limbs. — Jerome Groopman, The New York Review of Books, "Lessons from the Worst Years of AIDS," 8 Sep. 2020 The 18-year-old is determined to beat Ewing sarcoma, a cancer that was found in her femur and was diagnosed May 20. — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, "She learned she has a rare form of cancer during a global pandemic — but that isn’t breaking Lexie Bell’s spirit," 9 June 2020

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History and Etymology for sarcoma

borrowed from New Latin sarcōmat-, sarcōma "fleshy excrescence, tumor," borrowed from Greek sárkōma "fleshy excrescence," from sarkō-, stem of sarkoûn "to make fleshy, (middle voice) to become fleshy" (verbal derivative of sark-, sárx "flesh, piece of meat") + -ma, resultative noun suffix — more at sarco-

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“Sarcoma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sarcoma. Accessed 4 Mar. 2021.

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sarcoma

noun

sar·co·ma | \ sär-ˈkō-mə

plural sarcomas also sarcomata\ -mət-ə

Medical Definition of sarcoma

: a malignant tumor arising in tissue of mesodermal origin (as connective tissue, bone, cartilage, or striated muscle) that spreads by extension into neighboring tissue or by way of the bloodstream — compare carcinoma

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