lymphoma
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7.2
- noun
- /lɪmˈfoʊmə/
- Specialized
:
linfoma
- The choices and prognoses for a patient with lymphoma are different from those for a patient with diabetes.
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- B-cell lymphoma
But she basically told us she thinks I have lymphoma.
- But she basically told us she thinks I have lymphoma.
- So Tate was diagnosed with T cell lymphoma.
- Her name is Juliet, and you know, she's got lymphoma.
- But within a few days, it was I got the diagnosis that I had something called follicular lymphoma, which is an incurable blood cancer.
- So I had to actually leave and come back and be with him for two months while he was actually dealing with T cell lymphoma and dying.
- There was a, a lady who was literally dying of Hodgkin lymphoma and you know, is tragically was given basically no chance of survival.
- It's not the Hodgkin's lymphoma Society's fault, it's not the church's fault.
- We had two patients with lymphomas come in.
- And the is the data being used to prove that you got lymphoma or leukemia from that?
- There's a suggested increases lymphomas and there's some there've been some court cases on that.
- I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Examples
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Patients diagnosed with lymphoma often undergo chemotherapy to combat the cancer.
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If they discover you have lymphoma, the doctor will discuss treatment options with you.
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About 2006, 2005, my mom was diagnosed with lymphoma.
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My cousin Norman died of lymphoma.
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We had two patients with lymphomas come in.
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His cancer, non Hodgkin's lymphoma, was growing fast.
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The diagnosis of T-cell lymphoma can be extremely difficult to make.
Academic text (2006) -
Well, we went through your test results and your biopsy came back showing signs of large cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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But within a few days, it was I got the diagnosis that I had something called follicular lymphoma, which is an incurable blood cancer.
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He had lymphoma.
Synonyms
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2.7
A serious disease in which body cells grow out of control and spread
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8.0
Cancer cells that grow without control and can destroy nearby tissue
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5.0
A group of harmful cells that grow and spread in the body
A harmful growth of body cells that can spread to other parts
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word lymphoma comes from lymph, the clear body fluid that originally meant 'water', and the ending -oma meaning 'tumor', the same ending in melanoma. So lymphoma is a tumor of the lymph system, which is why it forms in lymph tissue.