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.
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