Verified corpus entry

dermatofibrosarcoma

Reading order

Morphology rail

Construction: Root dermato-, skin; Root fibro-, fiber; Root sarc-, muscular or fleshlike tissue; Suffix -oma, tumor or mass; reconstructs dermatofibrosarcoma.

  1. 01ROOT / Root

    dermato-

    Surface: dermato

    skin

  2. 02ROOT / Root

    fibro-

    Surface: fibro

    fiber

  3. 03ROOT / Root

    sarc-

    Surface: sarc

    muscular or fleshlike tissue

  4. 04SUF / Suffix

    -oma

    Surface: oma

    tumor or mass

dermatofibrosarcoma

Verified entry

This primary analysis is authored in the local corpus. It is a terminology record, not medical advice.

Corpus context

Authored note

NLM MeSH descriptor D018223 verifies this medical headword; the word-part analysis uses existing source-backed parts.

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Provenance

Source ledger

  1. Source 1

    Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean

    National Library of Medicine, NIH

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  2. Source 2

    Download MeSH Data

    National Library of Medicine

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  3. Source 3

    Medical Terminology, 2nd ed., Chapter 1 - Identifying Word Parts

    National Library of Medicine, Open Resources for Nursing

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