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Burkitt's lymphoma

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Bur·kitt's lymphoma  (bûrkts)
n.
An undifferentiated malignant lymphoma usually occurring among children in central Africa, characterized by a large osteolytic lesion in the mandible or by a mass in the retroperitoneal area and associated with the Epstein-Barr virus. Also called Burkitt's tumor.
[After Denis Parsons Burkitt (1911-1993), Ugandan physician.]
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