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*'''Kaposi's sarcoma''' (49) - a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaposi%27s_Sarcoma cancer] of the connective or supportive tissue. Caused by a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpesvirus herpesvirus] infection in which cancerous cells form solid lesions in the connective tissue, KS was one of the first signs of the existence of the 1980s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS AIDS] epidemic. | |||
*'''lesions''' (49) - abnormal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesion body tissue] caused, in the case of Roy Cohn, by Kaposi's sarcoma. | |||
*'''lymphadenopathy''' (49) - the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymphadenopathy swelling] of one or more [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymph_node lymph node]. | |||
*'''oral candidiasis''' (49) - also called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_thrush "oral thrush"], an infection of yeast fungus in the mucous membranes of the mouth. Symptoms include white, cream coloured, or yellow spots in the mouth, and it is often found in people with HIV and AIDS. | |||
*'''Hemophiliac''' (49) - someone with the hereditary genetic illness, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemophilia Hemophilia], which impairs the body's ability to control bleeding. | |||
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