Hodgkin lymphoma
noun/ˌhɒdʒkɪn lɪmˈfəʊmə/
/ˌhɑːdʒkɪn lɪmˈfəʊmə/
(also Hodgkin's disease
[uncountable]/ˈhɒdʒkɪnz dɪziːz/
/ˈhɑːdʒkɪnz dɪziːz/
)- a serious disease of the lymph nodes, liver and spleenWord Originmid 19th cent.: named after Thomas Hodgkin (1798–1866), the English physician who first described it.
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