Sarcoma

sar-ko'ma, n.;pl. -comata, -kora'a-td. (M A tumor of fleshy consistence. [Gr. sarx: see b\.- casm.] — SarcoKogy, -o-jT, n. That part of anatomy which treats of the soft parts of the body. [Gr. logos, discourse.] — Sar'colog'ic -ical, a. Or, or pert! to, sarcology. — Sarcophagous, -kofa-gus, a. Feuding on flesh; flesh-eating. — Sarcoph'agus, «. A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making cotfins, — so called because consumed the flesh of bodies deposited in within a few weeks; a tomb of this kind of stone; a stone coffin. [L.; Gr. kophagos; phage in, to eat.] — Sarcoph'agy, -a-jT, n. Practice of eating flesh. — Sarcot'ic, n. (Med.) A medicine or application which promotes the growth of flesh. Sard. See under Sardine, a precious stone. Sardine, sar'den, A small fish, of the herring family, abundant on the coasts of France and in the Mediterranean, — often put up with olive oil as a delicacy. [F. and Gr., prob. the island of Sardinia, near which caught.] Sardine, sar'din, -drug, -dt-us, n. A precious stone, prob. a cornelian, of which one was set in Aaron's breastplate. [Gr. sardinos, the town of Sardis, in Asia Minor.] — Sard, A variety of cornelian, reddish brown by reflected light, blood red by transmitted light. — Sar'donyx, -do-nix, A rare variety of onyx, consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers. [L. and Gr.; Gr. onux, finger, nail, also the onyx.]