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Kaposi's Sarcoma - Purple or brown cancerous pimples on the skin, often associated with AIDS

Karyocyte - Cell with a center

Karyoplasm - Material inside the center of a cell

Keloid - Type of scar tissue that keeps growing in size

Keratin - Protein that is found in the hair, nails, and skin

Keratitis - Inflammation of the cornea

Keratogenic - Horn-shaped tissue

Keratometer - Tool used to measure the curve of the eye

Keratoplasty - Surgery to fix the cornea

Ketone Bodies - Substances that increase in the blood and urine when too much body fat and too many carbohydrates are being broken down, usually because of starvation or serious, untreated diabetes mellitus

Kidney - One of two organs in the lower back that filter blood and make urine

Knife - Tool with a sharp blade used for cutting tissue

Kyphosis - Hunchback