sarcoid

[ sahr-koid ]

noun

1. a growth resembling a sarcoma.
2. a lesion of sarcoidosis.
3. sarcoidosis.

adjective

1. resembling flesh; fleshy.
2. resembling a sarcoma.

sarcoid

/ ˈsɑːkɔɪd /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling flesh

noun

1. a tumour resembling a sarcoma

Word History and Origins

Origin of sarcoid¹

First recorded in 1835–45; sarc- + -oid

Example Sentences

And so they headed to the University of California, San Francisco, to see their fourth neurologist, Dr. Jeffrey Gelfand, a specialist in sarcoid and other inflammatory diseases of the brain that could cause the lumpy changes seen in the scan.

From New York Times