Kaposi's sarcoma

American  

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

noun

Pathology.

1. 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.

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Kaposi's sarcoma British  

/ kæˈpəʊsɪz /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Kaposi's sarcoma

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

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Example Sentences

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Kaposi's sarcoma

The company reported the second Kaposi’s sarcoma case at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

They have two viruses in their sights: murine leukemia virus and Kaposi's sarcoma virus.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2024

The virus, which today can be controlled with drugs, attacks the body’s immune system, leaving it vulnerable to an array of maladies such as the skin disorder Kaposi’s sarcoma or the rare pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2019

When he exposes the cause of his shame, a body covered in Kaposi's sarcoma lesions, this flinty woman reveals a wise heart: "It's a cancer. Nothing more. Nothing more human than that."

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2018

A few days later, a cluster of eight cases was reported in New York City, also involving young patients, this time exhibiting a rare form of skin cancer known as Kaposi’s sarcoma.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

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