osteogenic sarcoma
- noun
- /ˌɑːstɪoʊˈdʒɛnɪk sɑːrˈkoʊmə/
- Specialized
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sarcoma osteogénico
- I have a-a 17-year-old patient with a osteogenic sarcoma and I'm looking for any kind of experimental program.
Examples
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It's most likely an osteogenic sarcoma.
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'What you have is an osteogenic sarcoma.'
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The survival rates for your form of osteogenic sarcoma are not high.
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Doctors confirmed that the growth on his leg was indeed an osteogenic sarcoma.
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After researching her symptoms, she learned that her pain might be caused by osteogenic sarcoma.
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The doctor explained that young patients often develop osteogenic sarcoma in the femur.
Synonyms
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A type of cancer that starts in bone, muscle, or fat tissue
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A cancer that starts in a bone, often in children or young adults
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a malignant tumor of bone' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'osteogenic' (bone-forming/involving creation of bone tissue) plus 'sarcoma' (a malignant tumor of connective/supportive tissue). This follows regular medical compounding patterns that are cross-linguistically transparent, so a learner who knows the constituent meanings can infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Osteogenic sarcoma comes from its parts: osteogenic means 'making bone' and sarcoma means 'a tumor'. So the name describes a tumor that grows from bone and is used for a serious bone cancer, often in children and young adults.