Ka·po·si's sarcoma (k -p  s z, k p-)n. Abbr. KS A cancer characterized by numerous bluish-red nodules on the skin, usually on the lower extremities, that is endemic to equatorial Africa and often occurs in a particularly virulent form in people with AIDS. [After Moritz Kaposi (1837-1902), Austrian dermatologist.] |
Kaposi's sarcoma [kæˈpəʊsɪz]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) a form of skin cancer found in Africans and more recently in victims of AIDS
[named after Moritz Kohn Kaposi (1837-1902), Austrian dermatologist who first described the sores that characterize the disease]
Ka′po•si's sarco′ma (ˈkɑ pə siz, ˈkæp ə-)
n.
a cancer of connective tissue characterized by painless purplish red blotches appearing on the skin.
[after Hungarian dermatologist Moritz Kaposi, or Moriz Kohn (1837–1902), who described it in 1872]
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| Noun | 1. | Kaposi's sarcoma - a sarcoma that starts with purplish spots on the feet and legs and spreads from the skin to lymph nodes and internal organs; a common manifestation of AIDS; "until 1980 Kaposi's sarcoma occurred almost exclusively with Jewish or Italian or black men" sarcoma - a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer |
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