lymphoma

[ lim-foh-muh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pathology.

, plural lym·pho·mas, lym·pho·ma·ta [lim-, foh, -m, uh, -t, uh].

lymphoma

/ lɪmˈfəʊmə /

lymphoma

/ lĭm-fō′mə /

, Plural lymphomas lĭm-fō′mə-tə

Any of various usually malignant tumors that arise in the lymph nodes or other lymphatic tissues, often manifested by painless enlargement of one or more lymph nodes.
See also Hodgkin's disease

From New Latin, dating back to 1870–75; lymph-, -oma

Demicheli also had been a physicist but had switched to oncology research after his wife died of Hodgkin lymphoma in 1976.

An upward trend is especially apparent in kidney, liver, and thyroid cancer and in melanoma and lymphoma.

Certain kinds of chemotherapy, administered to patients with lymphoma and breast cancer, can produce secondary bladder cancer.

But his lymphoma recurred and, had he won the nomination and the election, he would have died in office.

On Super Tuesday, I was diagnosed with Stage Four non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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