Sunday, 18 November 2012

Sarcoma=السرقوم ورم خبيث

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Sarcoma=السرقوم ورم خبيث

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

sarcoma (n.)
1650s, "fleshy excrescence," Medical Latin, from Gk. sarkoma /σάρκομα "fleshy substance" (Galen), from sarkoun "to produce flesh, grow fleshy," from sarx /σάρξ(gen. Sarkos/σαρκός) "flesh" (see sarcasm) + -oma. Meaning "harmful tumor of the connective tissue" first recorded 1804.

-oma
word-forming element, from Gk. -oma, with lengthened stem vowel + -ma, suffix forming neuter nouns and nouns that indicate result of verbal action (equivalent of L. -men); especially taken in medical use as "morbid growth, tumor," based on sarcoma, carcinoma







 

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