osteocarcinoma

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Related to osteocarcinoma: osteosarcoma

(1) Carcinoma with osseous metaplasia.
(2) A misnomer for osteosarcoma, see there.

(ŏs″tē-ō-kăr-sĭn-ō′mă) [″ + karkinos, cancer, + oma, tumor]

1. Combined osteoma and carcinoma.

2. Carcinoma of a bone.

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He went through gruelling chemo sessions which failed to shrink the osteocarcinoma and last September his leg was amputated.

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