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Definition: Sarcoma |
SarcomaNoun1. A usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Sarcoma \Sar*co"ma\, noun; plural Latin Sarcomata (# or #), English sarcomas. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A connective tissue neoplasm formed by proliferation of mesodermal cells; it is usually highly malignant. (references) |
| A malignant tumor of connective tissue or its derivatives. (references) | |
Medicine | A malignant tumour of connective tissue or its derivatives. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The term comes from a Greek word meaning "fleshy growth." (Bone tumors osteosarcomas are also called sarcomas, but are in a separate category because they have different clinical and microscopic characteristics and are treated differently.)
Types of sarcoma:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sarcoma."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Convexity | Pimple, zit; wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain; boil; (disease); airbubble, blob, papule, verruca. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Rhabdomyosarcoma, also called rhabdosarcoma, is a type of soft tissue sarcoma arising from muscle cells. (references) | |
Soderberg, L.S. Immunomodulation by nitrite inhalants may predispose abusers to AIDS and Kaposi's sarcoma. (references) | ||
Osteogenic sarcoma usually occurs between the ages of 10 and 25 and is more common among males than females. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Sarcoma" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.88% of the time. "Sarcoma" is used about 32 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) | 96.88% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.13% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 32 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sarcoma": Ewing's sarcoma ♦ Harvey Sarcoma Virus ♦ Kaposi sarcoma ♦ Kaposi's sarcoma ♦ Kirsten Sarcoma Virus ♦ Moloney Sarcoma Virus ♦ osteogenic sarcoma ♦ sarcoma botryoid ♦ soft tissue sarcoma ♦ spindle cell sarcoma ♦ stage IA soft tissue sarcoma ♦ stage IB soft tissue sarcoma ♦ stage IIA soft tissue sarcoma ♦ stage IIB soft tissue sarcoma ♦ stage IIC soft tissue sarcoma ♦ stage III soft tissue sarcoma ♦ stage IV soft tissue sarcoma. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sarcoma": Sarcoma-Associated. | |
Ending with "sarcoma": osteo-sarcoma. | |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sarcoma | 377 |
kaposis sarcoma | 171 |
ewings sarcoma | 151 |
soft tissue sarcoma | 58 |
ewing sarcoma | 56 |
kaposi sarcoma | 51 |
sarcoma cancer | 31 |
synovial sarcoma | 31 |
osteogenic sarcoma | 26 |
sarcoma de kaposi | 24 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sarcoma"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | sarkomë. (various references) | |
Arabic | السرقوم ورم خبيث. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | саркома. (various references) | |
Chinese | 肉瘤 (sarcomas). (various references) | |
Czech | sarkom. (various references) | |
Danish | sarkom. (various references) | |
Dutch | sarcoom (tumour). (various references) | |
Finnish | synoviaalisarkooma (synovial sarcoma, synovioma), sarcoma medullare (medullary sarcoma), sarcoma globocellulare (encephaloid sarcoma, globocellular sarcoma, round-cell sarcoma), sarcoma gigantocellulare (giant cell sarcoma), sarcoma alveolare (alveolar sarcoma), rakkulainen tukikudossyöpä (alveolar sarcoma), jättisolusarkooma (giant cell sarcoma), jukstakortikaalinen osteosarkooma (juxtacortical osteogenic sarcoma, juxtacortical osteosarcoma), Kaposin sarkooma (Kaposi sarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma), korioepitelioo ma (chorioblastoma, choriocarcinoma, chorioepithelioma, chorioma, chorionic carcinoma, deciduocellular sarcoma, syncytioma malignum), koriokarsinooma (chorioblastoma, choriocarcinoma, chorioepithelioma, chorioma, chorionic carcinoma, deciduocellular sarcoma, syncytioma malignum), korionepiteliooma (chorioblastoma, choriocarcinoma, chorioepithelioma, chorioma, chorionic carcinoma, deciduocellular sarcoma, syncytioma malignum), korionkarsinooma (chorioblastoma, choriocarcinoma, chorioepithelioma, chorioma, chorionic carcinoma, deciduocellular sarcoma, syncytioma malignum), liposarkooma (adipose sarcoma, lipoma sarcomatodes, liposarcoma), myksosarkooma (mucous sarcoma, mysoma sarcomatosum, myxosarcoma), pahanlaatuinen hermokasvain (neurogenic sarcoma, neurosarcoma), istukkasyöpä (chorioblastoma, choriocarcinoma, chorioepithelioma, chorioma, chorionic carcinoma, deciduocellular sarcoma, syncytioma malignum), pyörösolusarkooma (encephaloid sarcoma, globocellular sarcoma, round-cell sarcoma), vatsaontelontakaisen tilan sarkooma (retroperitoneal sarcoma), rasvakudossyöpä (adipose sarcoma, lipoma sarcomatodes, liposarcoma), rasvasyöpä (adipose sarcoma, lipoma sarcomatodes, liposarcoma), retikuloendoteelisarkooma (reticulocytic sarcoma, reticuloendothelial sarcoma, reticulosarcoma, reticulum cell sarcoma, retothelial sarcoma), retikuloendoteelisoluista koostuva pahanlaatuinen kasvain (reticulocytic sarcoma, reticuloendothelial sarcoma, reticulosarcoma, reticulum cell sarcoma, retothelial sarcoma), retroperitoneaalisarkooma (retroperitoneal sarcoma), teleangiektaattinen osteosarkooma (telangiectatic osteogenic sarcoma), pahanlaatuinen limakasvain (mucous sarcoma, mysoma sarcomatosum, myxosarcoma). (various references) | |
French | sarcome. (various references) | |
German | Sarkom (a malignant tumour of connective tissue or its derivatives, tumour, tumours of jaw). (various references) | |
Greek | σάρκωμα. (various references) | |
Hungarian | támasztószövet rosszindulatú daganata. (various references) | |
Italian | sarcoma (a malignant tumour of connective tissue or its derivatives). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 肉腫 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | にくしゅ. (various references) | |
Korean | 육종 (sarcomas). (various references) | |
Manx | sarcoamey. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arcomasay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sarcoma (tumour). (various references) | |
Romanian | sarcom. (various references) | |
Russian | саркома (sarcomata). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sarkom. (various references) | |
Spanish | sarcoma. (various references) | |
Swedish | sarkoma. (various references) | |
Thai | ก้อนเนื้อมะเร็ง. (various references) | |
Turkish | sarkom, eklem dokusu uru. (various references) | |
Ukranian | саркома. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sarcoma": sarcomas, sarcomata, sarcomatoses, sarcomatosis, sarcomatous. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "sarcoma": carcinosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, lymphosarcoma, osteosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma. (additional references) | |
Words containing "sarcoma": carcinosarcomas, carcinosarcomata, fibrosarcomas, fibrosarcomata, lymphosarcomas, lymphosarcomata, osteosarcomas, osteosarcomata, rhabdomyosarcomas, rhabdomyosarcomata. (additional references) | |
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"Sarcoma" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ascona, Cardoma, Kardoma, Marconda, sacomt, sarcomere, sardoma, Sarkara, sarom, Sarova, Saroyan, Sarwono, Savrola, Searcjomg, Seecoomar, Siccama, sircome, subcoxa, tercom. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sarcoma" (pronounced sÄrkō"mer) |
| 4 | -k ō" m er | Comber. |
| 3 | -ō" m er | Homer, misnomer, Omer. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-m-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: aromas, caroms, macros. | |
-2 letters: aroma, camas, carom, comas, corms, crams, maars, macro, marcs, moras, omasa, orcas, roams, sacra, scram. | |
-3 letters: amas, arco, arcs, arms, cams, cars, casa, coma, corm, cors, cram, maar, macs, marc, mars, moas, mocs, mora, mors, oars, ocas, orca, orcs, osar, rams, roam, rocs, roms, scam, scar, soar, soma, sora. | |
-4 letters: aas, ama, arc, arm, ars, cam, car, cor, cos, mac, mar, mas, moa, moc, mor, mos, oar, oca, oms, ora, orc, ors, ram, ras, roc, rom, sac, som. | |
-5 letters: aa, am, ar, as, ma, mo, om, or, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-m-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: camorras, sarcomas. | |
+2 letters: achromats, acrosomal, armonicas, aromatics, cardamoms, cardamons, macaronis, macaroons, marocains, sarcomata, scalogram, trachomas. | |
+3 letters: camorrista, carambolas, carcinomas, cladograms, comanagers, cycloramas, docudramas, hackamores, harmonicas, macaronics, macaronies, macerators, macroscale, maraschino, mascarpone, masticator, sarcolemma, sarcoplasm, sarcosomal, scalograms, scaramouch, scleromata. | |
+4 letters: achromatism, anachronism, astrocytoma, blackamoors, camelopards, camphorates, cardiograms, carmagnoles, catadromous, comparatist, comparators, craftswoman, emasculator, lacrimators, lumbosacral, macerations, machinators, macrophages, macroscales, malefactors, maraschinos, mascarpones, masticators, masticatory, matchboards, microfarads, microfaunas, oceanariums, psychodrama, pyromaniacs, sarcolemmal, sarcolemmas, sarcomatous, sarcoplasms, scalariform, scaramouche. | |
+5 letters: accumulators, achromatisms, achromatizes, acromegalics, acromegalies, aerodynamics, anachronisms, astrocytomas, astronomical, cabbageworms, calumniators, cameraperson, caprolactams, chaulmoogras, commissarial, commissariat, comparatists, comparatives, demarcations, elasmobranch, emancipators, emasculators, embarcaderos, fibrosarcoma, lachrymators, lacrimations, macrogametes, metathoraces, microanalyst, micromanages, osteosarcoma, parochialism, paronomastic, psychodramas, reclamations, sarcomatoses, sarcomatosis, sarcoplasmic, scaramouches. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 72 63 6F 6D 61 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- .-. -.-. --- -- .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01110010 01100011 01101111 01101101 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a r c o m a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 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)53678469817967 |
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