Kaposis sarcoma


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]