rhabdomyosarcoma

Questions about rhabdomyosarcoma

What does rhabdomyosarcoma mean?

rhabdomyosarcoma means "a highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle".

How many syllables are in rhabdomyosarcoma?

rhabdomyosarcoma has 6 syllables: rhab-do-myo-sar-co-ma. The stress falls on "sar".

What is another word for rhabdomyosarcoma?

Close synonyms include rhabdosarcoma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rhabdomyosarcoma a common word?

rhabdomyosarcoma is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.