Plural of sarcoma
regular plural
The plural of sarcoma is sarcomas or sarcomata.
Forms of sarcoma
| Singular | sarcoma /sɑɹˈkoʊmə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | sarcomas sarcomata |
| Countable | countable |
Sarcomas and sarcomata in a sentence
- Only about 1 per cent of cancers are found in connective tissue; these are known as sarcomas.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 393
- After incomplete resection of soft tissue sarcomas, resection of local tissue should be performed, even if excisable tissue margins appear narrow.2007 February, Bacon NJ, Dernell WS, Ehrhart N, Powers BE, Withrow SJ, “Evaluation of primary re-excision after recent inadequate…. From the entry excisable
Meaning of sarcoma
- noun A type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.
Questions about the plural of sarcoma
- What is the plural of sarcoma?
- The plural of sarcoma is sarcomas or sarcomata.
- Which is correct, sarcomas or sarcomata?
- Both are used. sarcomas is the more common of the two in English writing.
- Is sarcoma countable?
- Sarcoma is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sarcoma (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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