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Definition of Lymphoma

1. Noun. A neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer.

Definition of Lymphoma

1. n. A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also lymphadenoma.

Definition of Lymphoma

1. Noun. (oncology pathology) a malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lymphoma

1. a type of tumor [n -MAS or -MATA] - See also: tumor

Medical Definition of Lymphoma

1. Malignant tumour of lymphoblasts derived from B lymphocytes. most commonly affects children in tropical Africa: both Epstein Barr virus and immunosuppression due to malarial infection are involved. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lymphoma

Literary usage of Lymphoma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Racial/Ethnic Patterns of Cancer in the United States, 1988-1992 edited by Barry A. Miller (1997)
"lymphomas, which include Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, ... Of the two basic lymphoma types, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is the more common and ..."

2. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"For these reasons the discussion of lymphoma in general necessarily includes the consideration of various processes, some of which are chiefly inflammatory, ..."

3. Gulf War And Health by Institute of Medicine (2005)
"NON-HODGKIN'S lymphoma Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL, ICD-9 200, ... It encompasses the many types of lymphoma that remain after the exclusion of the B-cell ..."

4. A Manual of general pathology: Designed as an Introduction to the Practice by Joseph Frank Payne (1888)
"lymphoma or Lymphatic Tumor.—By this is meant a tumor composed of ... Increase of the above described tissue in the form of a tumor is called lymphoma, ..."

5. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1890)
"logical anatomy, it is true, defines lymphoma as a new- growth having the character of lymphatic tissue. On the other hand, the designation " lymphoma," ..."

6. General surgery by Eugen Fröhner (1906)
"lymphoma. NATURE.—lymphoma (tumor of a lymph-gland) is a name used to indicate various disease processes of the lymph- glands. a) Leukemic lymphoma during ..."

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