sarcoma
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9.2
- noun
- /sɑrˈkoʊmə/
- Specialized
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sarcoma
- In early 2008, I was diagnosed with sarcoma, a type of malignant tumor that affects connective tissues.
It's a soft tissue sarcoma and it's, it's very rare.
- It's a soft tissue sarcoma and it's, it's very rare.
- He had a cancer called histiocytic sarcoma and it was like pretty much a death sentence.
Examples
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We describe a new case of granulocytic sarcoma of the nasal cavity.
Academic text (2009) -
You can get tumors of connective tissues and these are referred to as sarcomas, and there can be different sarcomas depending on where they're found.
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Now we go after the sarcoma in the rest of your body.
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It's a soft tissue sarcoma and it's, it's very rare.
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In early 2008, I was diagnosed with sarcoma.
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I see your sarcoma is very rare, especially for someone of your age, Devin.
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It's most likely an osteogenic sarcoma.
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I have spindle cell sarcoma.
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The survival rates for your form of osteogenic sarcoma are not high.
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Speaker, Sarcomas are cancers that can affect any part of the body inside or outside, including muscles, bones, tendons, blood vessels and fatty tissues.
Synonyms
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2.7
A serious disease in which body cells grow out of control and spread
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8.0
Cancer cells that grow without control and can destroy nearby tissue
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5.0
A group of harmful cells that grow and spread in the body
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9.9
A cancer that starts in a bone, often in children or young adults
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9.9
A cancer that begins in the muscle used to move the body and grows fast, often in children
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9.3
A rare bone cancer that often starts in the pelvis or long bones and mainly affects children and young adults
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5.2
A cancer that grows into nearby tissue and can spread to other parts of the body
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9.9
A rare cancer of the muscle inside organs like the uterus, stomach, bladder, or prostate
A cancer that starts in muscle tissue
A very dangerous cancer that starts in the muscles that move the body
A cancer that grows from fat cells in deep soft tissue
A rare cancer that starts in the tissue that holds parts of the body together
A cancer that has both gland and muscle tissue and grows quickly
A cancer that starts in the cartilage of bones
A type of bone cancer that often affects the thigh bone in children and young adults
A cancer that starts in nerve cells and nearby soft tissue
A cancer that grows in nerves and the tissue around them
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.3
A rare bone cancer that often starts in the pelvis or long bones and mainly affects children and young adults
- Specialized
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7.8
A rare cancer that makes purple or brown spots on the skin and can spread inside the body
- Specialized
A type of bone cancer that often affects the thigh bone in children and young adults
Surface Forms
Morphology
sarcoma = sarco- (opaque) = sarco + oma
Formed from specialized combining forms (sarco- + -oma) that are not productive or familiar to average B1 learners, so the medical meaning 'tumor of flesh/connective tissue' is not inferable from common vocabulary.
Etymology
Sarcoma comes from the Greek root sarx, which means 'flesh'. So a sarcoma is a tumor that starts in the body's 'flesh'—tissues like muscle, bone, or fat.