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sar·co·ma
(sär-kō′mə)n. pl. sar·co·mas also sar·co·ma·ta (-mə-tə)
A malignant tumor arising from bone or from soft tissues such as muscle, cartilage, fat, or blood or lymph vessels.
[New Latin, from Greek sarkōma, sarkōmat-, fleshy excrescence, from sarkoun, to produce flesh, from sarx, sark-, flesh.]
sar·co′ma·toid′ (-mə-toid′), sar·co′ma·tous (-təs) adj.
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sarcoma
(sɑːˈkəʊmə)n, pl -mata (-mətə) or -mas
(Pathology) pathol a usually malignant tumour arising from connective tissue
[C17: via New Latin from Greek sarkōma fleshy growth; see sarco-, -oma]
sarˈcomaˌtoid, sarˈcomatous adj
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sar•co•ma
(sɑrˈkoʊ mə)n., pl. -mas, -ma•ta (-mə tə)
any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
[1650–60; < New Latin < Greek sárkōma fleshy growth]
sar•co′ma•tous (-ˈkoʊ mə təs, -ˈkɒm ə-) adj.
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sar·co·ma
(sär-kō′mə) A usually malignant tumor arising in connective tissue.
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sarcoma
a rare malignant tumor of the soft tissues that commonly develops in the lower extremities.
See also: Cancerany of various malignant tumors formed in connective tissue. See also cancer. — sarcomatous, sarcomatoid, adj.
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| Noun | 1. |  sarcoma - a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancercancer, malignant neoplastic disease - any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream chondrosarcoma - a malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells endothelial myeloma, Ewing's sarcoma, Ewing's tumor, Ewing's tumour - malignant tumor in bone marrow (usually in the pelvis or in long bones) Kaposi's sarcoma - a sarcoma that starts with purplish spots on the feet and legs and spreads from the skin to lymph nodes and internal organs; a common manifestation of AIDS; "until 1980 Kaposi's sarcoma occurred almost exclusively with Jewish or Italian or black men" leiomyosarcoma - sarcoma of smooth muscle; occurs most often digestive tract or uterus or bladder or prostate liposarcoma - sarcoma of fat cells myosarcoma - sarcoma of muscle tissue malignant neuroma, neurosarcoma - a malignant neoplasm of nerve tissue and fibrous tissue and connective tissue osteogenic sarcoma, osteosarcoma - malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur rhabdomyosarcoma, rhabdosarcoma - a highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle adenomyosarcoma, embryoma of the kidney, nephroblastoma, Wilms' tumor, Wilms tumour - malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass |
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sarkom
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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sarcoma
n pl <-s or -ta> (Med) → Sarkom nt
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sar·co·ma
n. sarcoma, neoplasma maligno formado por tejido conectivo;
chondroblastic ___ → ___ condroblástico;
fibropastic ___ → ___ fibroblástico;
gastric ___ → ___ gástrico;
lymphatic ___ → ___ linfático;
medullary ___ → ___ medular;
myelogenic ___ → ___ mielógeno;
osteogenic ___ → ___ óseo;
prostatic ___ → ___ prostático;
pulmonary ___ → ___ pulmonar;
renal ___ → ___ renal;
soft tissue ___ → ___ de tejido blando.
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sarcoma
n sarcoma m; Ewing — sarcoma de Ewing; Kaposi — sarcoma de KaposiEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.