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Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–).  The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.  1993.
 
sarcoma (n.)
 
 
This originally Greek name for a cancerous tumor has two plurals: sarcomata is most common, especially in technical writing, but the regular English plural sarcomas is increasing in frequency, probably because cancer is no longer a taboo subject. See FOREIGN PLURALS.  1
 
 
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