Look up: sarcoma

1. Sarcoma
   A malignant tumour of connective tissue.
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2. sarcoma
   [n] - a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.)
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3. Sarcoma
   A cancer of connective tissue, including muscle, fat, bone, cartilage, and blood. [Compare carcinoma.]
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4. Sarcoma
   Cancer that has developed from cells of the body's connective tissues. Muscle, bone, nerves, blood vessels, fat and fibrous tissues are all connective tissues.
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5. Sarcoma
   a cancer in connective tissue, fibrous tissue, or blood vessels
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6. Sarcoma
   Malignant tumour. Similar to carcinoma but arising from connective tissue (usually bone, muscle), rather than glandular tissue (gut, lung, breast) Tends to afflict younger people than carcinoma
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7. Sarcoma
   A particular type of malignant tumour arising from bone, cartilage, muscle, fat or other related tissues.
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8. sarcoma
   A malignant tumour often found in bone
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9. Sarcoma
   A malignant tumour of connective tissue.
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10. Sarcoma
    Sarcoma: One of a group of tumors usually arising from connective tissue. Most sarcomas are malignant. Many types are named after the type of cell, tissue, or structure involved, as in angiosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, liposarcoma,and osteosarcoma.
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11. sarcoma
    a malignant tumour of connective tissue or its derivatives Category: Medicine
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12. Sarcoma
    A specific type of cancer that develops in tissues such as bone, cartilage, fat or muscle.For example, osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, liposarcoma and rhabdosarcoma.
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13. Sarcoma
    Sar·co'ma noun ; plural Latin Sarcomata (# or #), English sarcomas . [ New Latin , from Greek ..., from sa`rx , sa`rkos , flesh.] (Medicine) A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to...
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14. sarcoma
    <oncology, tumour> A form of cancer that arises in the supportive tissues such as bone, cartilage, fat or muscle. ... Kaposi sarcoma: a sarcoma of spindle cells mixed with angiomatous tissue. Usually classed as an angioblastic tumour. A fairly frequent concomitant to HIV. Infection or long term immunosuppresion. ... (14 May 1997) ...
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15. sarcoma
    noun a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer
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16. sarcoma
    (sahr-ko´mә) pl. sarcomas, sarco´mata A type of tumor usually composed of cells derived from connective tissue such as bone, cartilage, muscle, blood vessel, or lymphoid tissue, although the term now includes some of epithelial origin. Most sarcomas are malignant, and they usually develop rapidly with metasta...
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17. Sarcoma
    • (n.) 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.
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18. sarcoma
    tumour of connective tissue (also called mesodermal, or mesenchymal, cells). This form of cancer is relatively rare in adults but is one of the more ... [1 related articles]
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19. sarcoma
    (sarco- + -oma) a tumour made up of a substance like the embryonic connective tissue; tissue composed of closely packed cells embedded in a fibrillar or homogeneous substance. Sarcomas are often highly malignant.
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20. sarcoma
    sarcoma (särkō'mu) , highly malignant tumor arising in connective- and muscle-cell tissue. It is the result of oncogenes (the cancer causing genes of some viruses) and proto-oncogenes (cancer causing genes in human cells). It may affect bone, cartilage, blood vessels, lymph nodes, and...
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21. sarcoma
    Type: Term Pronunciation: sar-kō′mă Definitions: 1. A connective tissue neoplasm, usually highly malignant, formed by proliferation of mesodermal cells.
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22. sarcoma
    Malignant tumour arising from the fat, muscles, bones, cartilage, or blood and lymph vessels and connective tissues. Sarcomas are much less common than carcinomas
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23. SARCOMA
    General term for malignant tumors of connective-tissue cells (those cells within an organ or structure that bind it together and support it).
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24. Sarcoma
    A type of tumour. Very aggressive in nature and can be difficult to remove in such a way as to avoid recurrence. There has been discussion of this type of tumour appearing in association with certain vaccines the prevalence of this type of tumour still remains very low in the UK cat population.
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25. Sarcoma
    A cancer that starts in the body's bones, fat, muscles, tendons, cartilage or certain other tissues.
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