See Also: periosteal sarcoma(medicine)
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protophyte (medicine) and periosteal sarcoma (medicine)


protophyte (medicine)


protophyte
<botany> Any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium, having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell division.

The protophytes (Protophyta) are by some botanists considered an independent branch or class of the vegetable kingdom, and made to include the lowest forms of both fungi and algae, as slime molds, Bacteria, the nostocs, etc. Cf. Carpophyte, and Oophyte.

Origin: Proto- + Gr. A plant.

Source: Websters Dictionary


periosteal sarcoma (medicine)


periosteal sarcoma -->
juxtacortical osteogenic sarcoma
<tumour> A form of osteogenic sarcoma of relatively low malignancy, probably arising from the periosteum and initially involving cortical bone and adjacent connective tissue, which occurs in middle-aged as well as young adults and most commonly affects the lower part of the femoral shaft.

Synonym: periosteal sarcoma.