sarcolobe (sarkolob)

[ + -al.] Same as sarcologic . ent substance of all animal bodies, as observed by him in certain protozoans: subsequently named and now usually called protoplasm or bioplasm. II. a. Sarcodic or sarcodous; protoplasmic. Sarcode a (sär-kō'dē-ä), n. pl . [NL.: see sar code.] Sarcodic animals, consisting chiefly or entirely of sarcode: a loose synonym of Proto zoa. Also Sarcoidea. sarcoderm (sär'kō-dėrm), n. [NL. sarcoder ma, stigma. The five ovary-cells contain very numerous ovules crowded on fleshy and two-lobed placentæ, and ripening into extremely minute ovoid seeds. The only species, S. sanguine a, is a native of the Sierra Nevada in California, and is known as snow - plant from the place of its growth. It is a leafle parasitic herb, like the Indian pipe and others of its family, and bears numerous erect red flowers on a dense spike-like bracted raceme. The robust and fleshy stem is thickly covered with scales, and produces a coral-like ma of roots at its base. The whole plant is of a flesh-red color, and covered well to the base with crowded and persistent flowers. sarcodic (sär-kod'ik), a. Same as sarcodous. Darwin. sarcodous (sär'kō-dus), a. [ [ sarcode + -ic .] -ist .] One who is versed in sarcology. sarcology (sär-kol'ō-ji), n. [ σάρξ (σαρκ-), flesh, + -λογία, λέγειν , speak: see- ology .] The science of the soft or fleshy parts of the body: a department of anatomy distinguished from osteology. [Not in use.] sarcoma (sär-kō'mä), n.; pl. sarcomata or sar comas (-ma-tä, maz). [NL., varying, usually high, grades of malignancy. Alveolar sarcoma. See alveolar Giant-celled sarcoma, a kind of sarcoma formed chiefly of spheroidal or fusiform cells of variable size, but characterized by the presence of larger and smaller multinuclear cells called giant - cells. Also called myeloid sarcoma. - Myelogenic sarcoma, a sarcoma arising in the bone-marrow. - Mye loid sarcoma, Same as giant-celled sarcoma. Osteoid sarcoma, a mixed tumor consisting in part of the ti ue of fibrosarcoma and round-celled sarcoma, and, mingled with this, immature bone-ti ue in varying amounts. Also called malignant osteoma and osteoid cancer. - Par osteal sarcoma, a sarcoma growing close to the outside of the periosteum. - Periosteal sarcoma, a sarcoma arising in the periosteum. - Round-celled sarcoma, a sarcoma in which the cells are round, but may be large or small. The round-celled sarcomata are frequently very malignant, rapid in growth, soft, vascular, and were formerly called medullary cancers. - Spindle-celled sarcoma, a sarcoma with fusiform cells, large or small. When the intercellular substance is abundant, it is sometimes called fibrosar coma, and is a form transitional in a fibroma. The spindle-celled sarcomas include forms formerly called fibro plastic tumors and recurrent fibroids.