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Definition of Kaposi’s sarcoma noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Kaposi’s sarcoma

noun

/kəˌpəʊsiz sɑːˈkəʊmə/

/kəˌpəʊsiz sɑːrˈkəʊmə/

[uncountable]

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a form of cancer that usually affects people whose immune systems are damaged, for example by AIDS
Word Originlate 19th cent.: named after Moritz K. Kaposi (1837–1902), Hungarian dermatologist.

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