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Most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur
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osteosarcoma
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur [syn: osteogenic sarcoma ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Osteosarcoma \Os`te*o*sar*co"ma\, n.; pl. Osteosarcomata . [NL. See Osteo- , and sarcoma .] (Med.) A tumor having the structure of a sarcoma in which there is a deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.
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An osteosarcoma is a cancerous tumor in a bone . Specifically, it is an aggressive malignant neoplasm that arises from primitive transformed cells of mesenchymal origin (and thus a sarcoma ) and that exhibits osteoblastic differentiation and produces malignant ...
Wiktionary
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n. A type of cancer of the bone
Usage examples of osteosarcoma.
It morphs from a translucent copy of Amber's own body into the outline of a human skeleton, elaborate bony extensions simulating an osteosarcoma of more-than-lethal proportions.