ANGIOSARCOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does angiosarcoma mean? 

• ANGIOSARCOMA (noun)
  The noun ANGIOSARCOMA has 1 sense:

1. a rare malignant neoplasm arising from vascular tissue; usually occurs in the breast and skin and is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels

  Familiarity information: ANGIOSARCOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANGIOSARCOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rare malignant neoplasm arising from vascular tissue; usually occurs in the breast and skin and is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("angiosarcoma" is a kind of...):

malignant neoplasm; malignant tumor; metastatic tumor (a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include fibrosarcoma, angiosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, and Kaposi sarcoma.

(Major Salivary Gland Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include veno-occlusive disease, hemangioma, lymphangioma, and angiosarcoma.

(Liver Vascular Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include angiosarcoma, undifferentiated (embryonal) sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, and leiomyosarcoma.

(Liver Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of malignant non-epithelial neoplasms include lymphoma, angiosarcoma, and undifferentiated (embryonal) sarcoma.

(Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct Non-Epithelial Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of malignant mediastinal soft tissue neoplasms include angiosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, liposarcoma, osteosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, and synovial sarcoma.

(Mediastinal Soft Tissue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

An angiosarcoma that has spread to another anatomical site.

(Metastatic Angiosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include Kaposi sarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, and angiosarcoma.

(Penile Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of secondary sarcomas include leiomyosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, and angiosarcoma.

(Ovarian Dermoid Cyst with Secondary Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A secondary angiosarcoma that has developed in an ovarian dermoid cyst.

(Ovarian Dermoid Cyst with Angiosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include Kaposi sarcoma and angiosarcoma.

(Oral Cavity Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)