Kaposi’s sarcoma
noun/kəˌpəʊsiz sɑːˈkəʊmə/
/kəˌpəʊsiz sɑːrˈkəʊmə/
[uncountable]- a form of cancer that usually affects people whose immune systems are damaged, for example by AIDSWord Originlate 19th cent.: named after Moritz K. Kaposi (1837–1902), Hungarian dermatologist.
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