Musculoskeletal
osteosarcoma
os-tee-oh-sar-KOH-muh
StatusNew
Definition
Malignant bone tumor
PathologyMusculoskeletal
Breakdown
Root
oste/o
bone
Suffix
-oma
tumor
Etymology
Greek: oste/o (bone) + sarc/o (flesh) + -oma (tumor)
Practice
Related Terms
osteoporosis
os-tee-oh-por-OH-sis
Condition of porous, brittle bones due to loss of bone density
Musculoskeletaloste/o
osteomyelitis
os-tee-oh-my-eh-LY-tis
Infection and inflammation of bone and bone marrow
Musculoskeletaloste/o
osteotomy
os-tee-OT-oh-mee
Surgical cutting of bone
Musculoskeletaloste/o
melanoma
mel-uh-NOH-muh
Malignant tumor of melanocytes; skin cancer
Integumentarymelan/o
lipoma
lih-POH-muh
Benign fatty tumor under the skin
Integumentarylip/o
lymphoma
lim-FOH-muh
Cancer of the lymphatic system
Lymphatic/Immunelymph/o