Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun kaposi's_sarcoma

1 sense of kaposi's sarcoma

Sense 1
Kaposi's sarcoma -- (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")
       => sarcoma -- (a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer)