Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various usually malignant tumors that arise in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hyperplastic mass of lymphoid tissue.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also
lymphadenoma . - noun a fatal disease characterized by the formation in various parts of the body of new growths resembling lymphatic glands in structure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun oncology, pathology a
malignant tumor that arises in thelymph nodes or in other lymphoidtissue
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hodgkin's lymphoma is a cancer that begins in a type of white blood cell and is curable in 75% of patients.
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Welsh-born Whitfield was diagnosed with treatable Stage 1 non-Hodgkin lymphoma in early March during a routine checkup just as the show was about to start shooting Season 2.
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Although Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a disease that is serious and potentially life threatening (as are all forms of cancer), much success has been seen with the treatment of your child's disease.
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This study is the first to link a chemical with an increased risk of death from Hodgkin lymphoma, according to the NCI.
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In early March we learned the shocking news that actor Andy Whitfield, star of the Starz dramatic series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and would immediately undergo cancer treatment.
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Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is usually a disease of rapid onset and progression.
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In children, non-Hodgkins lymphoma is classified as one of the following:
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Highly exposed workers also were nearly four times more likely to die of Hodgkin lymphoma, which affects immune cells, the study shows.
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His cancer, a non-Hodgkin lymphoma, was diagnosed in 2006 and has since gone into remission, and his life seems much the same as it was before he got sick.
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But lymphoma is a different thing altogether, and while many people do become cancer-free, it's not the kind of thing you take lightly, and I wonder if even if Mr. Thompson is declared cancer-free, whether the electorate will take him at his -- or his doctor's -- word.
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