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Kaposi's Sarcoma

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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

Example Sentences:
'until 1980 Kaposi's sarcoma occurred almost exclusively with Jewish or Italian or black men'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Kaposi's Sarcoma

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noun
a form of skin cancer found in Africans and more recently in victims of AIDS

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Kaposi's Sarcoma

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a malignant tumor, usually of the skin, appearing primarily in persons with an immunological deficiency

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Kaposi's Sarcoma

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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.

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