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单词 kaposi's sarcoma
释义

Kaposi's sarcoma

[ kuh-poh-seez, kap-uh- ]
/ kəˈpoʊ siz, ˈkæp ə- /

noun Pathology.

a cancer of connective tissue characterized by painless, purplish-red to brown plaquelike or pimply lesions on the extremities, trunk, or head, and sometimes involving the lungs, viscera, etc., occurring in a mild form among older men of certain Mediterranean and central African populations and in a more virulent form among persons with AIDS.

Origin of Kaposi's sarcoma

after Hungarian dermatologist Moritz Kaposi, or Moriz Kohn (1837–1902), who described it in 1872

Words nearby Kaposi's sarcoma

Kapitza, Kaplan, Kapo, kapok, kapok oil, Kaposi's sarcoma, Kaposi's varicelliform eruption, kapote, kappa, kappa angle, kapparah
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British Dictionary definitions for Kaposi's sarcoma

Kaposi's sarcoma
/ (kæˈpəʊsɪz) /

noun

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

Word Origin for Kaposi's sarcoma

C20: named after Moritz Kohn Kaposi (1837–1902), Austrian dermatologist who first described the sores that characterize the disease
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for Kaposi's sarcoma

Kaposi's sarcoma
[ kə-pōsēz, kăpə- ]

n.

A cancer characterized by bluish-red nodules on the skin, usually on the lower extremities, that often occurs in people with AIDS.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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