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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A malignant, progressive, sometimes fatal disease of unknown cause, marked by enlargement of the lymph nodes, spleen, and liver.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
disease .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Med.) A morbid condition characterized by progressive anæmia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr.
Hodgkin , an English physician.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun oncology, pathology The former name of
Hodgkin's lymphoma .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a malignant disorder in which there is progressive (but painless) enlargement of lymph tissue followed by enlargement of the spleen and liver
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Thomas Hodgkin, (1798–1866), British physician.]
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