sarco-, sarc-, -sarcous, -sarc, -sarcoma, -sarcomatous, -sarcomatoid

A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree which bears it (Prunus, or Amygdalus Persica). In the wild stock, the fruit is hard and inedible.

1. Resembling flesh.
2. A small epithelioid tubercle-like lesion characteristic of sarcoidosis (chronic multisystem disease).

An acid exiting in the muscles after a long period of contraction: Sarcolactic acid is an isomeric type of lactic acid created by muscle tissue during the anaerobic metabolism of glucose.

1. The plasma membrane of a muscle fiber; formerly, the delicate connective tissue of the endomysium was included under this term by some.
2. The fine transparent tubular sheath investing muscular fiber.