Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kaposi's sarcoma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: ka-posi's sar-co-ma
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tumour caused by human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8).

Uncountable

Etymology

First described by Moritz Kaposi in 1872.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Kaposi's sarcomas (plural) Kaposi's sarcomata (plural)

Synonyms

KS

Questions

What does kaposi's sarcoma mean?: A tumour caused by human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8).
Where does kaposi's sarcoma come from?: First described by Moritz Kaposi in 1872.

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