α. 1900s– non-Hodgkin.
β. 1900s– non-Hodgkins, 1900s– non-Hodgkin's.
non-Hodgkinadj.
/nɒnˈhɒdʒkɪn/, U.S. /nɑnˈhɑdʒk(ə)n/ Pathology.
Designating lymphomas that lack the pathological features diagnostic of Hodgkin's disease; of, relating to, or suffering from such a lymphoma. Chiefly attributive.
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1972 Cancer 29 954/1 This paper compares our experience with marrow aspiration..in staging patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
1976 Blood 47 211 Leukocyte (in non-Hodgkin's patients) and platelet counts (in both groups) were significantly higher in the patients with splenectomy during most of the first six cycles of therapy.
1989 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Med. 82 559/1 Lymphomatous involvement of the testis or adnexae is almost invariably non-Hodgkin and comprises 5–10% of testicular neoplasms overall.
1997 Independent 17 Sept. 1/1 The cancer, called non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, first appears as a lump in the neck, armpit or groin.
2003 More Apr. 165/4 Another drug, Rituximab,..is only FDA-approved for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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