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sarcomatic

sarcomatic

English

Adjective

sarcomatic (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly dated) Sarcomatoid.
    • 1896, R.I. Pearson & Co., The Western Dental Journal, Volume 10, page 457,
      I do not mean osseous sarcoma, but the ordinary sarcomatic condition found in an abnormal growth of the tissues.
    • 1928, New York (N.Y.). Memorial Hospital for the Treatment of Cancer and Allied Diseases, Laboratory and Clinical Studies, Volume 9, page 472,
      This statement is of exceptional interest in that it supports the view that while cancer does occur among South African natives, broadly speaking, it is chiefly of a sarcomatic type or, if a carcinomata, affects the liver.
    • 1930, Scandinavian Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, Volume 10, page 175,
      This also had the appearance of a teratoblastoma and its malignant, sarcomatic character was quite clear.