Rous sarcoma

[ rous ]

/ raʊs /

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a malignant tumor occurring in the connective tissue of poultry, caused by a transmissible RNA-containing virus.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

After F. P. Rous, who described it in 1910

Dr. Kent Sepkowitz on the most likely suspect, sarcoma, a possible prognosis—and whether Chávez could be saved in the U.S.
Which Cancer Is Hugo Chávez Fighting?|Kent Sepkowitz|December 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In the last few years in the U.S., new interest has developed in novel therapies to treat sarcoma.
Which Cancer Is Hugo Chávez Fighting?|Kent Sepkowitz|December 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The likelihood of sarcoma is further signaled by the winking comments from doctors in neighboring countries.
Which Cancer Is Hugo Chávez Fighting?|Kent Sepkowitz|December 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He was diagnosed with sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, in August and had to come to terms with dying in a manner of months.
Larry Sultan's California Dreams|Philip Gefter|December 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST

If you agree for the Rous or Cabin, one is alone, or with what Company you please.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
And, like the gen'rous souls as they was, funs was lib'rally contribooted.
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward|Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)
Richardson came to terms with this Rous, whom he employed as a spy.
Montreal 1535-1914, Volume II (of 2)|William Henry Atherton
McLean, hung for treason, is particularly intimate with Rous.
Montreal 1535-1914, Volume II (of 2)|William Henry Atherton
The chief of these are: simple—dermoid patches, moles of the limbus; malignant—sarcoma, endothelioma, epithelioma.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various