Sarcoid


noun
1.
a growth resembling a sarcoma.
2.
a lesion of sarcoidosis.
3.
sarcoidosis.
adjective
4.
resembling flesh; fleshy.
5.
resembling a sarcoma.
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or resembling flesh
noun
2.
a tumour resembling a sarcoma

sarcoid sar·coid (sär’koid’)
adj.
Of or resembling flesh. n.

A tumor resembling a sarcoma.

See sarcoidosis.

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