sarcoma : Idioms & Phrases


ewing's sarcoma

  • noun malignant tumor in bone marrow (usually in the pelvis or in long bones)
    Ewing's tumor; endothelial myeloma; Ewing's tumour.
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kaposi's sarcoma

  • noun a sarcoma that starts with purplish spots on the feet and legs and spreads from the skin to lymph nodes and internal organs; a common manifestation of AIDS
    • until 1980 Kaposi's sarcoma occurred almost exclusively with Jewish or Italian or black men
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osteogenic sarcoma

  • noun malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur
    osteosarcoma.
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