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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sarcoma \Sar*co"ma\, n.; pl L. {Sarcomata} (# or #), E.
{sarcomas}. [NL., from Gr ?, from sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.]
(Med.)
A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many
varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant
growth made up of cells resembling those of fetal development
without any proper intercellular substance.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sarcoma
n : a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue
(bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of
cancer
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