sarcoma
noun/sɑːˈkəʊmə/
/sɑːrˈkəʊmə/
(medical)- a harmful (= malignant) mass of cells (= a tumour) that grows in certain parts of the body such as muscle or boneWord Originearly 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek sarkōma, from sarkoun ‘become fleshy’, from sarx, sark- ‘flesh’.
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