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Rous sarcoma

American  
[rous] / raʊs /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.
  1. a malignant tumor occurring in the connective tissue of poultry, caused by a transmissible RNA-containing virus.


Etymology

Origin of Rous sarcoma

After F. P. Rous, who described it in 1910

Example Sentences

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The researchers discovered, however, that Rous sarcoma virus takes a detour through the cell nucleus before going to the cell membrane.

From US News • Jul. 20, 2010

The team studied a chicken virus called Rous sarcoma virus that causes cancer in chickens and is similar to HIV.

From US News • Jul. 20, 2010

First, by proxy, he upset the theory that tissue grafts of Rous sarcoma, a transplantable animal tumor, continue to grow and spread in their new host.

From Time Magazine Archive

Later Dr. Banting himself stood up to tell the cancermen a story of his four fruitless years of trying to make chickens immune to Rous sarcoma.

From Time Magazine Archive