Recent Examples on the WebLindblom, who survived a battle with Ewing’s sarcoma (a rare form of bone cancer) during the 2019-20 season, had $3 million left on his contract. Wayne Fish, USA TODAY, 12 July 2022 Kaposi’s sarcoma was a signal of near-certain death in the 1980s, and now the pustules of monkeypox are a harbinger of searing pain, however temporary and non-deadly. Dan Zak, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 When gay men in New York began reporting cases of Kaposi’s sarcoma, a type of cancer, because their immune system had been depleted, no one knew what HIV was. Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2022 Another tunicate, Ecteinascidia turbinata, which attaches to submerged mangrove roots, yielded the molecular mixture that led to Yondelis, a sarcoma and ovarian cancer drug, and Zepzelca, which targets small-cell lung cancer. Stephanie Stone, Scientific American, 23 July 2022 July is awareness month for juvenile arthritis, sarcoma, cleft and craniofacial deformities and group B strep. Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2022 Uterine sarcoma is a rare type of uterine cancer that forms in muscle or other tissues of the uterus. Jenny Mccoy, Health.com, 2 Feb. 2022 Visit the Little Warrior Foundation website to learn more about Ewing sarcoma and to learn how to help. Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2022 Our nephew, Isaac, died of sarcoma in 2020 on Valentine’s Day.San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin sarcōmat-, sarcōma "fleshy excrescence, tumor," borrowed from Greek sárkōma "fleshy excrescence," from sarkō-, stem of sarkoûn "to make fleshy, (middle voice) to become fleshy" (verbal derivative of sark-, sárx "flesh, piece of meat") + -ma, resultative noun suffix — more at sarco-