| sarcoline | <chemical> Flesh-coloured. Origin: Gr, flesh. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sarcological | Of or pertaining to sarcology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarcology | <study> That part of anatomy which treats of the soft parts. It includes myology, angiology, neurology, and splanchnology. Origin: Sarco-: cf. F. Sarcologie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarcolysine | The racaemic mixture of melphalan and medphalan; an antineoplastic agent. Synonym: sarcolysine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sarcoma | <oncology, tumour> A form of cancer that arises in the supportive tissues such as bone, cartilage, fat or muscle. Kaposi sarcoma: a sarcoma of spindle cells mixed with angiomatous tissue. Usually classed as an angioblastic tumour. A fairly frequent concomitant to HIV. Infection or long term immunosuppresion. (14 May 1997) |
| sarcoma botryoides | <radiology> Type of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, mass resembles bunch of grapes, originates submucosally, grows into lumen (12 Dec 1998) |
| sarcoma cell | Cells of a malignant tumour derived from connective tissue. Often given a prefix denoting tissue of origin, for example osteosarcoma (from bone). (18 Nov 1997) |
| sarcoma growth factor | <growth factor> Polypeptide released by sarcoma cells that promotes the growth of cells by binding to a cell surface receptor, the sarcoma cell is therefore self sufficient and independent of normal growth control. See: growth factors. The name is no longer commonly used. (18 Nov 1997) |
| sarcoma virus | <virology> Virus that causes tumours originating from cells of connective tissue such as fibroblasts. See: Rous sarcoma virus, src. (18 Nov 1997) |
| sarcoma virus, feline | A species of mammalian type c retroviruses (retroviruses type c, mammalian) isolated from fibrosarcoma in cats. The virus is actually a recombinant feline leukaemia virus (felv) where part of the genome has been replaced by cellular oncogenes. It is unique to individuals and not transmitted naturally to other cats. Fesv is replication defective and requires felv to reproduce. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sarcoma viruses, avian | Species of avian type c retroviruses (retroviruses type c, avian) producing sarcomata and other tumours in chickens and other fowl and also in pigeons, ducks, and rats. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sarcoma viruses, murine | Species of replication-defective mammalian type c retroviruses (retroviruses type c, mammalian) which are capable of transforming cells, but which replicate and produce tumours only in the presence of murine leukaemia viruses (leukaemia viruses, murine). (12 Dec 1998) |
| sarcoma viruses, simian | Species of mammalian type c retroviruses (retroviruses type c, mammalian) producing tumours in primates. Originally isolated from a fibrosarcoma in a woolly monkey, ssv is a replication-defective v-onc virus which carries the sis oncogene. In order to propagate, ssv requires a replication-competent helper virus, simian sarcoma virus-associated virus (ssav). (12 Dec 1998) |
| sarcoma, alveolar soft part | A variety of sarcoma having a reticulated fibrous stroma enclosing groups of sarcoma cells, which resemble epithelial cells and are enclosed in alveoli walled with connective tissue. It is a rare tumour, usually occurring between 15 and 35 years of age. It appears in the muscles of the extremities in adults and most commonly in the head and neck region of children. Though slow-growing, it commonly metastasizes to the lungs, brain, bones, and lymph nodes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sarcoma, avian | Connective tissue tumours, affecting primarily fowl, that are usually caused by avian sarcoma viruses. (12 Dec 1998) |