a condition characterized by the development of several sarcomas at various bodily sites
Word origin
C19: see sarcoma, -osis
sarcomatosis in American English
(sɑːrˌkouməˈtousɪs)
noun Pathology
1.
the condition in which a sarcoma has become disseminated throughout the body
2.
a condition marked by the production of an overwhelming number of sarcomas throughout the body
Word origin
[1885–90; sarcomat- (comb. form of sarcoma) + -osis]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: reactor, roller coaster, scrum, sensitization, twofer-osis is a suffix occurring in nouns that denote actions, conditions, or states (hypnosis; leukocytosis; osmosis), esp. disorders or abnormal states (chlorosis; neurofibromatosis; tuberculosis)
Examples of 'sarcomatosis' in a sentence
sarcomatosis
Patients typically present with symptoms of abdominal sarcomatosis.
Armelle Dufresne, Philippe Cassier, Laure Couraud, Perrine Marec-Bérard, Pierre Meeus,Laurent Alberti, Jean-Yves Blay 2012, 'Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor: Current Management and Recent Findings', Sarcomahttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/714986. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)