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Webster 1913 Edition


Lymphoma

‖

Lym-pho′ma

,
Noun.
[NL. See
Lymph
, and
-oma
.]
(Med.)
A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; – called also
lymphadenoma
.
Malignant lymphoma
,
a fatal disease characterized by the formation in various parts of the body of new growths resembling lymphatic glands in structure.