Biology

sarcoma

Term: sarcoma

Origin: Anc Greek ????/sarx(=flesh) + -???/-oma(=suffix denoting state or condition especially a condition of mass growth) .

Coined: by Galen (ca 130-200) who described sarcoma as a ? fleshy excrescence? with the appearance of raw meat (????) although under the same term he combined swelling and benign tumors.

Definition:

A sarcoma is type of malignant tumor that arises from transformed connective tissue cells (bone, cartillage, fat) originated by embryonic mesoderm.

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