KAPOSI'S SARCOMA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Example:

until 1980 Kaposi's sarcoma occurred almost exclusively with Jewish or Italian or black men

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Kaposi's sarcoma" is a kind 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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