HODGKIN'S DISEASE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A malignant disorder in which there is progressive (but painless) enlargement of lymph tissue followed by enlargement of the spleen and liver

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Hodgkin's disease" is a kind of...):

lymphoma (a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer)

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