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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Bur′kitt's lympho′ma (bûr′kits),USA pronunciation [Pathol.]- Pathologya type of poorly differentiated malignant lymphoma, mainly afflicting children in central Africa, characterized by a large, bone-destroying lesion of the jaw, an abdominal mass, or more diffuse disease: believed to be associated with Epstein-Barr virus.
- named after Denis Parsons Burkitt (blend of, blended 1911), Irish physician, who identified the malignancy in Uganda in 1957
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