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(kuh-POH-zee sar-KOH-muh-uh-SOH-see-ay-ted HER-peez-VY-rus)
| | A type of herpesvirus that may cause Kaposi sarcoma (a rare cancer that can cause skin lesions) and a type of lymphoma (cancer that begins in the lymph system), especially in patients who have a weak immune system. Also called HHV8, human herpesvirus 8, and KSHV. |
| Previous Definitions: | junctional nevus, juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia, juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma, Kahler disease, Kaposi sarcoma | | Next Definitions: | karenitecin, Karnofsky Performance Status, Kassebaum Kennedy Act, kava kava, keloid |
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