melanosarcoma etymology

English word melanosarcoma comes from English melano- (Melanin.), English sarcoma

Detailed word origin of melanosarcoma

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
melano- English (eng) Melanin.
sarcoma English (eng) (oncology) A type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.
melanosarcoma English (eng) A malignant form of deeply pigmented sarcoma containing melanin.

Words with the same origin as melanosarcoma

Descendants of melano-
eumelanosome melanoblast melanocratic melanocyte melanoderma melanofilament melanogen melanoid melanolysosome melanoma melanomacrophage melanophage melanophore melanoprotein melanopsin melanosis melanosomal melanosome melanotubule melanous melanuria pheomelanosome