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osteosarcoma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables
os-teosar-co-ma
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of cancer of the bone.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English sarcoma English osteosarcoma From osteo- + sarcoma.

Inflected Forms

osteosarcomas (plural) osteosarcomata (plural)

Derived Forms

osteosarcomagenesis

Synonyms

osteogenic sarcoma

Questions

What does osteosarcoma mean?
A type of cancer of the bone.
Where does osteosarcoma come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English sarcoma English osteosarcoma From osteo- + sarcoma.

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