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Definition of Hodgkin lymphoma noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Hodgkin lymphoma

noun

/ˌhɒdʒkɪn lɪmˈfəʊmə/

/ˌhɑːdʒkɪn lɪmˈfəʊmə/

(also Hodgkin's disease

/ˈhɒdʒkɪnz dɪziːz/

/ˈhɑːdʒkɪnz dɪziːz/

)

[uncountable]

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a serious disease of the lymph nodes, liver and spleen
Word Originmid 19th cent.: named after Thomas Hodgkin (1798–1866), the English physician who first described it.

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