kaposi's sarcoma

1. 1.

   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”

   Broadersarcoma

Questions about kaposi's sarcoma

What does kaposi's sarcoma mean?

kaposi's sarcoma means "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".

Is kaposi's sarcoma a common word?

kaposi's sarcoma is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.