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noun
A cancerous tumor of skeletal muscle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
a highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rhabdosarcoma
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sarcoma
Narrower terms: embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal rhabdosarcoma, alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, alveolar rhabdosarcoma, pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma, pleomorphic rhabdosarcoma
History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῥάβδος (rhábdos)bor. English rhabdo- Proto-Indo-European *múHs Proto-Hellenic *mū́s Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs)der. English myo- English sarcoma English rhabdomyosarcoma From rhabdo- + myo- + sarcoma.
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