sarcoma
US/sɑɹˈkoʊmə/
sarcoma noun: a type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.
Noun
sarcoma (plural sarcomas or sarcomata)
- A type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.
- 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
sarcoma meaning in Tamil, Indonesian and Persian
sarcoma in Tamil
- தீவிரப் புற்றுநோய், சதைப்புற்று
sarcoma in Indonesian
- type of malignant tumor
- sarkoma
sarcoma in Persian
- type of malignant tumor
- سارکوم
Forms of sarcoma
| plural | sarcomas |
|---|---|
| plural | sarcomata |
Origin of sarcoma
From Latin sarcoma, from Ancient Greek σάρκωμα (sárkōma), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + -ωμα (-ōma, “process”) or from Ancient Greek σαρκόω (sarkóō), itself from σάρξ (sárx); by surface analysis, sarc- + -oma.
Words formed from sarcoma
- Abernethy's sarcoma
- adenosarcoma
- angiosarcoma
- antisarcoma
- carcinosarcoma
- chondromyxosarcoma
- chondrosarcoma
- cystosarcoma
- Ewing sarcoma
- Ewing's sarcoma
- fibrosarcoma
- gliosarcoma
- hemangioendothelial sarcoma
- hemangiosarcoma
- histiosarcoma
- Kaposi's sarcoma
- leiomyosarcoma
- liposarcoma
- lymphangiosarcoma
- lymphosarcoma
- melanosarcoma
- myofibrosarcoma
- myosarcoma
- myxosarcoma
- neurosarcoma
- osteosarcoma
- rhabdomyosarcoma
- rhabdosarcoma
- Rous sarcoma virus
- sarcomalike
- sarcomatic
- sarcomatoid
- sarcomatosis
- sarcomatous
Questions about sarcoma
- What does sarcoma mean?
- Sarcoma means a type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.
- What is sarcoma in Tamil?
- Sarcoma in Tamil is தீவிரப் புற்றுநோய், சதைப்புற்று. See Sarcoma meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sarcoma?
- Sarcoma is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sarcoma?
- Sarcoma is pronounced /sɑɹˈkoʊmə/ (US).
- What is the plural of sarcoma?
- The plural of sarcoma is sarcomas.
Words near sarcoma in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sarcoma (page history and authors); sarcoma (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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