OSTEOGENIC SARCOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does osteogenic sarcoma mean? 

• OSTEOGENIC SARCOMA (noun)
  The noun OSTEOGENIC SARCOMA has 1 sense:

1. malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur

  Familiarity information: OSTEOGENIC SARCOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSTEOGENIC SARCOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

osteogenic sarcoma; osteosarcoma

Hypernyms ("osteogenic sarcoma" is a kind of...):

sarcoma (a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer)

 Context examples 

These proteins have been found in the Finkel-Biskis-Jinkins (FBJ-MSV) and Finkel-Biskis-Reilly (FBR-MSV) murine sarcoma viruses, which induce osteogenic sarcomas in mice.

(FOS Oncoprotein, NCI Thesaurus)

These proteins have been found in the Finkel-Biskis-Jinkins (FBJ-MSV) and Finkel-Biskis-Reilly (FBR-MSV) murine sarcoma viruses which induce osteogenic sarcomas in mice.

(FOS Oncoprotein, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The insertion of c-fos into FBJ-MSV or FBR-MSV induces osteogenic sarcomas in mice.

(Oncogene FOS, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called osteogenic sarcoma.

(Osteosarcoma, NCI Dictionary)