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Rous sarcoma

American  
[rous] / raʊs /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of Rous sarcoma

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

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The team studied a chicken virus called Rous sarcoma virus that causes cancer in chickens and is similar to HIV.

From US News Jul. 20, 2010

The researchers discovered, however, that Rous sarcoma virus takes a detour through the cell nucleus before going to the cell membrane.

From US News Jul. 20, 2010

First, by proxy, he upset the theory that tissue grafts of Rous sarcoma, a transplantable animal tumor, continue to grow and spread in their new host.

From Time Magazine Archive

Later Dr. Banting himself stood up to tell the cancermen a story of his four fruitless years of trying to make chickens immune to Rous sarcoma.

From Time Magazine Archive

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