Definition of Fibrosarcoma

1. Noun. (oncology) A fibroblastic sarcoma: a malignant tumor derived from fibrous connective tissue ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fibrosarcoma

1. [n -MATA or -MAS]

Medical Definition of Fibrosarcoma

1. Malignant tumour derived from connective tissue fibroblast. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fibrosarcoma

fibronectin
fibronectin hexapeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
fibronectin laminase
fibronectinase
fibronectins
fibronection
fibroneuroma
fibropapilloma
fibroplasia
fibroplastic
fibroplate
fibropolypus
fibroreticular
fibroreticulate
fibros
fibrosarcoma (current term)
fibrosarcomas
fibrosarcomata
fibrose
fibrosed
fibroserous
fibroses
fibrosing
fibrosing adenomatosis
fibrosing adenosis
fibrosing alveolitis
fibrosing mediastinitis
fibrosis
fibrositic headache
fibrositis

Literary usage of Fibrosarcoma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1899)
"fibrosarcoma of the brain, though described with relative ... It is, therefore, with some hesitation that I venture to give the name of fibrosarcoma to a ..."

2. Thyroid and Thymus by André Crotti (1922)
"fibrosarcoma.—This variety is the most frequent. It is generally of harder consistency than the round-cell sarcoma, but it may also be soft. ..."

3. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"... fibrosarcoma) Definition.—A group of tumors of mesenchymal origin of which the cells tend to produce ..."

4. Pathology and treatment of diseases of women by August Eduard Martin, Philipp Jacob Jung (1912)
"fibrosarcoma Ovarii. (Author's preparation. Zeiss, Obj. AA, Oc. 4.) accidental finding, fibroma papillare (see Fig. 175). Hardly any importance can be ..."

5. The Essentials of Medical Gynecology According to the Electic, Or Specific by Albert Franklin Stephens (1907)
"It is also designated as fibrosarcoma. The disease begins in the parenchyma of the uterus, or in a fibroid tumor of that organ. Its growth may be either in ..."

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