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Rous sarcoma
[ rous ]
/ raÊs /
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noun Veterinary Pathology.
a malignant tumor occurring in the connective tissue of poultry, caused by a transmissible RNA-containing virus.
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Origin of Rous sarcoma
After F. P. Rous, who described it in 1910
Words nearby Rous sarcoma
Rous-associated virus, rouse, rouseabout, rouser, rousing, Rous sarcoma, Rous sarcoma virus, Rousseau, Rousseauism, Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, Roussel
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