reticulosarcoma
/rɪˌtɪkjʊləʊsɑːˈkəʊmə/Medicine
noun
The type of sarcoma comprised of lymphoreticular or reticuloendothelial cells; an instance of this.
- Now mainly used in the clinical, rather than the pathological, classification of neoplasms. Most of the tumours originally classified as reticulosarcoma would now be regarded as types of lymphoma..
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Cancer Review. From reticulo- + sarcoma, after French réticulosarcome.