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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:
after Hungarian dermatologist Moritz Kaposi, or Moriz Kohn (1837–1902), who described it in 1872
after Hungarian dermatologist Moritz Kaposi, or Moriz Kohn (1837–1902), who described it in 1872
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Kaposi's sarcoma Ka·po·si's sarcoma (kə-pō'sēz, kāp'ə-)
n.
A cancer characterized by bluish-red nodules on the skin, usually on the lower extremities, that often occurs in people with AIDS.
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