English > sarcoma: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | A usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer. |
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| Narrower | Ewing's sarcoma, Ewing's tumor, Ewing's tumour, endothelial myeloma | malignant tumor in bone marrow (usually in the pelvis or in long bones) |
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| Kaposi's sarcoma | A sarcoma that starts with purplish spots on the feet and legs and spreads from the skin to lymph nodes and internal organs |
| Wilms' tumor, Wilms tumour, adenomyosarcoma, nephroblastoma, embryoma of the kidney | malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass |
| chondrosarcoma | A malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells |
| leiomyosarcoma | sarcoma of smooth muscle |
| liposarcoma | sarcoma of fat cells |
| myosarcoma | sarcoma of muscle tissue |
| neurosarcoma, malignant neuroma | A malignant neoplasm of nerve tissue and fibrous tissue and connective tissue |
| osteosarcoma, osteogenic sarcoma | malignant bone tumor |
| rhabdomyosarcoma, rhabdosarcoma | A highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle |
| Broader | cancer, malignant neoplastic disease | Any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division |
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| Spanish | sarcoma |
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| Catalan | sarcoma |
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