sarcoma

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US/sɑɹˈkoʊmə/

noun

A type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.

OriginLatin sarcoma ← Ancient Greek σάρκωμα →
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Meanings

nounsarcoma (plural sarcomas or sarcomata)

plural sarcomas · plural sarcomata

  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

Origin

  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.

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Translations

Afrikaans sarkoom
  • sarkoomtype of malignant tumor
Bulgarian сарко́ма
  • сарко́ма (sarkóma)type of malignant tumor
Catalan sarcoma
  • sarcomatype of malignant tumor
Chinese Mandarin 肉瘤
  • 肉瘤 (ròuliú)type of malignant tumor
Czech sarkom
  • sarkomtype of malignant tumor
Dutch sarcoom
  • sarcoomtype of malignant tumor
Esperanto sarkomo
  • sarkomotype of malignant tumor
Finnish sarkooma
  • sarkoomatype of malignant tumor
French sarcome
  • sarcometype of malignant tumor
German Sarkom
  • Sarkomtype of malignant tumor
Greek σάρκωμα
  • σάρκωμα (sárkoma)type of malignant tumor
Hungarian szarkóma
  • szarkómatype of malignant tumor
Indonesian sarkoma
  • sarkomatype of malignant tumor
Irish sarcóma
  • sarcómatype of malignant tumor
Italian sarcoma
  • sarcomatype of malignant tumor
Japanese 肉腫
  • 肉腫 (nikushu)type of malignant tumor
Korean 육종
  • 육종 (yukjong)type of malignant tumor
Latin sarcoma
  • sarcomatype of malignant tumor
Lithuanian sarkoma
  • sarkomatype of malignant tumor
Persian سارکوم
  • سارکومtype of malignant tumor
Polish mięsak
  • mięsaktype of malignant tumor
Portuguese sarcoma
  • sarcomatype of malignant tumor
Russian саркома
  • саркома (sarkoma)type of malignant tumor
Slovak sarkóm
  • sarkómtype of malignant tumor
Spanish sarcoma
  • sarcomatype of malignant tumor
Swedish sarkom
  • sarkomtype of malignant tumor
Turkish sarkom
  • sarkomtype of malignant tumor

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

MascaroMarasco
Cite this entry
APA

sarcoma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sarcoma

MLA

“sarcoma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sarcoma. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sarcoma,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sarcoma.

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