sarcoma

What it means

1. medicineA 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

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

Where it comes from

1. Ancient Greekσαρκόω
2. Ancient Greekσάρκωμα
3. Latinsarcoma
4. Englishsarcoma

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.