Kaposi's sarcoma

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

noun Pathology.

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.

Origin of Kaposi's sarcoma

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

British Dictionary definitions for kaposi's sarcoma

Kaposi's sarcoma
/ (kæˈpəʊsɪz) /

noun

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

Word Origin for Kaposi's sarcoma

C20: named after Moritz Kohn Kaposi (1837–1902), Austrian dermatologist who first described the sores that characterize the disease

Medical definitions for kaposi's sarcoma

Kaposi's sarcoma
[ kə-pō′sēz, kăp′ə- ]

n.

A cancer characterized by bluish-red nodules on the skin, usually on the lower extremities, that often occurs in people with AIDS.