Etymology

liposarcoma

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Today it means: Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue Full definition →

English sarcoma ← Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos) ← Proto-Hellenic *lípos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*lípos
  3. Ancient Greekλῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
  4. Englishlipo-
  5. Englishsarcoma
  6. English todayliposarcoma

From lipo- + sarcoma.

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