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Kaposi's sarcoma

DEFINITIONS OF: Kaposi's sarcoma

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n a sarcoma that starts with purplish spots on the feet and legs and spreads from the skin to lymph nodes and internal organs; a common manifestation of AIDS

“until 1980 Kaposi's sarcoma occurred almost exclusively with Jewish or Italian or black men”
Type of:
sarcoma
a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer
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