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Definition: Osteosarcoma |
OsteosarcomaNoun1. Malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Osteosarcoma \Os`te*o*sar*co"ma\, noun; plural Osteosarcomata. [New Latin expression. See Osteo-, and sarcoma.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A cancer of the bone that affects primarily children and adolescents. Also called osteogenic sarcoma. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: OsteosarcomaSynonym: osteogenic sarcoma (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Osteosarcoma |
| English words defined with "osteosarcoma": Osteosarcomata. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "osteosarcoma": Protein p53. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Human malignant osteosarcoma (bone cancer) cells taken by aspirant from a leg mass. Pap stain and magnified to 400x. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Health | Amputations for bone cancer, primarily osteosarcoma, may produce similar feelings. (references) | |
Osteogenic sarcoma, also called osteosarcoma, is the most common type of bone cancer in children. (references) | ||
For example, the prefix "osteo" means bone, so a cancer arising in bone is called an osteosarcoma. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Osteosarcoma" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Osteosarcoma" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Beginning with "osteosarcoma": osteosarcoma-derived. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "osteosarcoma"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | osteosarkom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | osteosarcoom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | monikohtainen osteosarkooma (multicentric osteosarcoma), monikeskinen osteosarkooma (multicentric osteosarcoma), jukstakortikaalinen osteosarkooma (juxtacortical osteogenic sarcoma, juxtacortical osteosarcoma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | ostéosarcome, sarcome ostéogénique (osteogenic sarcoma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Osteosarkom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | παραφλοιώδες οστεοσάρκωμα (juxtacortical osteogenic sarcoma, juxtacortical osteosarcoma), πολυκεντρικό οστεοσάρκωμα (multicentric osteosarcoma), πολυεστιακό οστεοσάρκωμα (multicentric osteosarcoma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | osteosarcoma (osteogenic sarcoma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 骨肉腫 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "つにくしゅ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osteosarcomaay osteossarcoma. (various references) osteosarcoma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "osteosarcoma": osteosarcomas, osteosarcomata. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "osteosarcoma" (pronounced 'Os`te*o*sar*co"ma'): Aboma, Adenoma, Adipoma, Amma, Amphiuma, Analemma, Arapaima, Aroma, Asthma, Atheroma, Bema, Blastema, BRAHMA, Brama, Bregma, Broma, Cauma, Ceroma, Chacma, Chiloma, Chloasma, Chondroma, Cima, Coloboma, Comma, Cosmorama, Croma, Cyclorama, Cytoblastema, Enigma, fibroma, GAMMA, gemma, Georama, Glama, Glaucoma, Glioma, gumma, hematoma, Hypoderma, karma, Kokama, Lecama, lemma, Lepisma, leucoma, Lima, lipoma, llama, Loma. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-m-o-o-o-r-s-s-t" | |
-3 letters: acrosomes, coatrooms, motocross, sarcosome. | |
-4 letters: acrosome, aerosats, coarsest, coasters, coatroom, comatose, maestoso, maestros, massacre, osteomas, sarcomas, scooters, scotomas, seacoast, tearooms. | |
-5 letters: actress, aerosat, amasser, amoroso, amtracs, caeomas, caesars, camases, cameras, carates, casters, castors, coaster, coaters, comates, cooters, corsets, costars, costers, escorts, maestro, marcato, mascots, masters, matrass, mooters, osteoma, ostraca, recasts, roscoes, sarcasm, sarcoma. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-m-o-o-o-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: osteosarcomas. | |
+2 letters: osteosarcomata. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 73 74 65 6F 73 61 72 63 6F 6D 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ... - . --- ... .- .-. -.-. --- -- .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110011 01110100 01100101 01101111 01110011 01100001 01110010 01100011 01101111 01101101 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O s t e o s a r c o m a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0073 0074 0065 006F 0073 0061 0072 0063 006F 006D 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)498586718185678469817967 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, francés |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, alemán |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", grego, griego |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portugués |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés |
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