释义 |
rous sarcoma noun also rous' sarcoma or rous's sarcoma \ˈrau̇s(ə̇z)-\ Usage: usually capitalized R Etymology: after F. Peyton Rous b1879 American physician : a readily transplantable malignant spindle-cell sarcoma of chickens that is transmissible by cell-free filtrate and so is regarded as due to a specific carcinogenic virus |