sarcoma

A malignant tumor arising from connective tissues.

In botany, a fleshy disk.

In pathology, a tumor composed of tissue resembling embryonic connective tissue. The sarcomas are of varying, usually high, grades of malignancy.

A tumor of fleshy consistence; — formerly applied to many varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growth made up of cells resembling those of fetal development without any proper intercellular substance.

A type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.

a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer