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sarcoma , highly malignant tumor arising in connective- and muscle-cell tissue. It is the result of oncogenes (the cancer causing genes of some viruses) and proto-oncogenes (cancer causing genes in human cells). It may affect bone, cartilage, blood vessels, lymph nodes, and skin. See cancer ; neoplasm .

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sarcoma Cancerous growth or tumour arising from muscle, fat, bone, blood or lymph vessels, and connective tissue. See also cancer

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sarcoma (sar-koh-mă) n. any cancer of connective tissue. These tumours may occur in any part of the body; they arise in fibrous tissue, muscle, fat, bone, cartilage, synovium, blood and lymphatic vessels, and various other tissues. See also chondrosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, liposarcoma, lymphangiosarcoma, osteosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma.
—sarcomatous adj.

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