(lymphoma)
21lymphoma — lym·pho·ma …
22lymphoma — lym•pho•ma [[t]lɪmˈfoʊ mə[/t]] n. pl. mas, ma•ta [[t] mə tə[/t]] pat a tumor arising from any of the cellular elements of lymph nodes • Etymology: 1870–75 lym•pho′ma•toid , adj …
23lymphoma — /lɪmˈfoʊmə/ (say lim fohmuh) noun (plural lymphomas or lymphomata /lɪmˈfoʊmətə/ (say lim fohmuhtuh)) any of various forms of cancer involving the lymph glands. Compare Hodgkin s disease. {lymph + oma} –lymphomatoid, adjective …
24lymphoma — A neoplasia of the lymph tissue, such as Hodgkin s Disease. Although it is frequently useful to stimulate immunity when a person is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, since the resultant immunosuppression is a major side effect of the… …
25lymphoma — Cancer originating in the lymph nodes, spleen and other lympho reticular sites …
26lymphoma — n. (pl. lymphomata) any malignant tumour of the lymph nodes, excluding leukaemia …
27Malignant lymphoma — Lymphoma Lym*pho ma, n. [NL. See {Lymph}, and { oma}.] (Med.) A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; called also {lymphadenoma}. [1913 Webster] {Malignant lymphoma}, a fatal disease characterized by the formation in… …
28contiguous lymphoma — Lymphoma in which the lymph nodes containing cancer are next to each other …
29noncontiguous lymphoma — Lymphoma in which the lymph nodes containing cancer are not next to each other, but are on the same side of the diaphragm (the thin muscle below the lungs that helps breathing and separates the chest from the abdomen) …
30Lymphoma, AIDS-related — Lymphoid tumors that appear in people with AIDS, presumably due to immune system impairment. Treatment is like that of other lymphomas, but must take impaired natural immunity into account …
