Medical Terminology / Unit 14 MedTerm 0903 short lesson, about 20 seconds
sarc/o: Flesh or Connective Tissue
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The idea
The combining form sarc slash o names flesh or connective tissue.
In practice
A sarcoma is a tumour of connective tissue.
Where people slip
Carcin names epithelial origin; sarc names connective tissue origin. The origin decides the name.
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