Definitions for: Sarcoma

[n] a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer

Webster (1913) Definition: Sar*co"ma, n.; pl. L. Sarcomata (# or #), E.
sarcomas. [NL., from Gr. ?, from sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.]
(Med.)
A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many
varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant
growth made up of cells resembling those of fetal development
without any proper intercellular substance.

See Also: adenomyosarcoma, cancer, chondrosarcoma, embryoma of the kidney, endothelial myeloma, Ewing's sarcoma, Ewing's tumor, Ewing's tumour, Kaposi's sarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, liposarcoma, malignant neoplastic disease, malignant neuroma, myosarcoma, nephroblastoma, neurosarcoma, osteogenic sarcoma, osteosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, rhabdosrcoma, Wilms' tumor, Wilms tumour

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