ka¦pōs(h)ēz-, ¦kapəs(h)ēz- noun
Usage: usually capitalized K
Etymology: after Moritz Kaposi died 1902 Austrian (Hungarian-born) dermatologist
: a neoplastic disease affecting especially the skin and mucous membranes, characterized especially by the formation of pink to reddish-brown or bluish tumorous plaques, macules, papules, or nodules especially on the lower extremities, and formerly limited primarily to elderly men in whom it followed a usually benign course but now being a major and sometimes fatal disease associated with immunodeficient individuals with AIDS