Kaposi'ssarcoma

Kaposi'ssarcoma
Ka·po·si's sarcoma (kə-pōʹsēz, kăpʹə-) 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.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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