Medical Definition of Rous sarcoma
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A fibrosarcoma, originally observed in a Plymouth Rock hen, now thought to be an expression of infection by certain viruses of the avian leukosis-sarcoma complex in the family Retroviridae.
Synonym: avian sarcoma, Rous tumour.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rous Sarcoma
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