Sarcomas

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]