Rous sarcoma

Rous sarcoma [rous] Word Origin noun Veterinary Pathology.

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

Origin of Rous sarcoma after F. P. Rous, who described it in 1910 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019