lymphoma

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
22
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/lɪmˈfoʊ.mə/

Definition of lymphoma

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue.
    “In the one sub-class, we have the Leukaemic Lymphoma, the Typhous Lymphoma, the Hyperplastic Lymphoma (ex. the simple hypertrophied tonsil), Lympho-sarcoma, Scrofulous Glands; and in the other sub-class, Tubercle of man, and Perlsucht or Parresyge, or Morbus Gallicus, the pearl distemper of ruminating animals.”
    “Common immunohistochemical markers of this lymphoma include CD2, CD56, CD3, and T-cell receptors. 7 Typically, the histology of these lymphomas are characterized by monomorphic inflammatory cellular infiltrates, which may be diffuse or show angiocentricity and angiodestruction as well as tissue destruction. 7 Lymphoid markers from the nasal mucosal biopsy from this patient were negative for CD56 and EBER.”

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Etymology

From lymph, from Latin lympha (“water”) + -oma (“disease, morbidity”).

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