Hodgkin's lymphomanoun [ U ]
uk/ˌhɒdʒ.kɪnz lɪmˈfəʊ.mə/us/ˌhɑːdʒ.kɪnz lɪmˈfoʊ.mə/also Hodgkin's disease specializeda serious form of cancer that makes the lymph nodes, liver, and spleen become larger, resulting in anaemia (= not enough red blood cells in the blood) and a decreased ability to fight infection
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Cancer
- acinic cell carcinoma
- acral lentiginous melanoma
- aggressive
- alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
- alveolar soft part sarcoma
- brain tumour
- carcinogenesis
- carcinogenic
- chondroid chordoma
- chondrosarcoma
- chordoma
- malignancy
- myeloma
- neoplasia
- neoplasm
- neoplastic
- nephron-sparing surgery
- oncogene
- sarcoma
- tumour
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