Sarcoid
/ˈsɑːr.kɔɪd/noun
Relating to or resembling flesh or tissue; in medicine, a sarcoid is a flesh-like lesion or growth.
Did you know?Sarcoid comes from Greek sárx/sark- meaning “flesh,” the same root behind words for anything meat-like, bodily, or brutally material.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*twerk- / *sker-
“A root associated with cutting or flesh in later Greek developments”
Ancient Greek
Greek
σάρξ (sárx), gen. σαρκός (sarkós)
“Flesh, body flesh, meat”
Modern medical Greek
Greek
σαρκοειδής (sarkoeidḗs)
“Flesh-like, fleshy”
19th Century
English
sarcoid
“A fleshy tumor or lesion; resembling flesh”
Modern English
English
sarcoid
“Relating to or resembling flesh; especially a fleshy lesion or growth”
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