myxofibrosarcoma

myxofibrosarcoma
A malignant fibrous histiocytoma with a predominance of myxoid areas that resemble primitive mesenchymal tissue. [myxo- + L. fibra, fiber, + G. sarx, flesh, + -oma, tumor]

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myxo·fi·bro·sar·co·ma .mik-sō-.fī-brō-sär-'kō-mə n, pl -mas also -ma·ta -mət-ə a fibrosarcoma with myxomatous elements

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myxo·fi·bro·sar·co·ma (mik″so-fi″bro-sahr-koґmə) [myxo- + fibro- + sarcoma] the myxoid subtype of malignant fibrous histiocytoma.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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