fibrosarcoma

[ fahy-broh-sahr-koh-muh ]

noun

, Pathology.

, plural fi·bro·sar·co·mas, fi·bro·sar·co·ma·ta [fahy-broh-sahr-, koh, -m, uh, -t, uh].

1. a sarcoma derived from fibroblast cells, often able to generate collagen.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fibrosarcoma¹

First recorded in 1875–80; fibro- + sarcoma

Example Sentences

First, the authors assessed the role of the help provided by CD4 T cells at different stages of antitumour immune responses in mice, using a type of mouse cancer, called fibrosarcoma, that is known to induce strong immune responses.

From Nature

One month after surgical removal of primary fibrosarcoma tumours, the authors injected cancer cells of the same type and monitored tumour growth.

From Nature

Ferris and colleagues engineered fibrosarcoma cells to express the egg-white protein ovalbumin, which provides a model system to monitor immune responses.

From Nature

Bioengineer Ke Cheng at North Carolina State University in Raleigh found that when exosomes harvested from fibrosarcoma cells are injected into tumour-bearing mice, the vesicles are drawn to the tumours3.

From Nature

She was diagnosed with infantile fibrosarcoma, a cancer of the body's connective tissue.

From BBC