sarcoid

sarcoid
/sahr"koyd/, Pathol.
n.
1. a growth resembling a sarcoma.
2. a lesion of sarcoidosis.
3. sarcoidosis.
adj.
4. resembling flesh; fleshy.
5. resembling a sarcoma.
[1835-45; SARC- + -OID]

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