Meanings
nounosteosarcoma (plural osteosarcomas or osteosarcomata)
plural osteosarcomas · plural osteosarcomata
Synonyms & antonyms
nounmalignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur
Similar
osteogenic sarcoma
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ésth₁
- Ancient Greekὀστέον (ostéon)
- Englishosteo-
- Englishsarcoma
- Englishosteosarcoma
Translations
Catalan osteosarcoma
- osteosarcomabone cancer
Chinese Mandarin 骨肉瘤
- 骨肉瘤 (gǔròuliú)bone cancer
Finnish osteosarkooma
- osteosarkoomabone cancer
French ostéosarcome
- ostéosarcomebone cancer
Greek οστεοσάρκωμα
- οστεοσάρκωμα (osteosárkoma)bone cancer
Italian osteosarcoma
- osteosarcomabone cancer
Japanese 骨肉腫
- 骨肉腫 (kotsunikushu)bone cancer
Korean 골육종
- 골육종 (goryukjong)bone cancer
Latin osteosarcoma
- osteosarcomabone cancer
Persian استئوسارکوما
- استئوسارکوماbone cancer
Spanish osteosarcoma
- osteosarcomabone cancer
Vietnamese u xương ác tính
- u xương ác tínhbone cancer
Cite this entry
APA
osteosarcoma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteosarcoma
MLA
“osteosarcoma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteosarcoma. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “osteosarcoma,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteosarcoma.
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