Definition of osteosarcoma in English:
osteosarcoma
nounPlural osteosarcomas, Plural osteosarcomata ˌɒstɪəʊsɑːˈkəʊməˌɑstioʊsɑrˈkoʊmə
Medicine A malignant tumour of bone in which there is a proliferation of osteoblasts.
Example sentencesExamples
- Radiotherapy is not usually used to treat osteosarcomas or chondrosarcomas, because it does not have great effect.
- Some animals developed osteosarcomas, and consequently the human trial was stopped at just over the halfway point.
- We describe a 21-year-old man with an osteosarcoma of the right tibia that was removed 4 years previously.
- Most osteosarcomas arise from non-inherited errors in the DNA of growing bone cells.
- Microscopically, conventional osteosarcomas are composed of malignant-appearing spindle cells that produce osteoid.
Definition of osteosarcoma in US English:
osteosarcoma
nounˌɑstioʊsɑrˈkoʊməˌästēōsärˈkōmə
Medicine A malignant tumor of bone in which there is a proliferation of osteoblasts.
Example sentencesExamples
- We describe a 21-year-old man with an osteosarcoma of the right tibia that was removed 4 years previously.
- Most osteosarcomas arise from non-inherited errors in the DNA of growing bone cells.
- Some animals developed osteosarcomas, and consequently the human trial was stopped at just over the halfway point.
- Radiotherapy is not usually used to treat osteosarcomas or chondrosarcomas, because it does not have great effect.
- Microscopically, conventional osteosarcomas are composed of malignant-appearing spindle cells that produce osteoid.