Hodgkin's disease (redirected from Hodgkin's disease stages)

Hodg·kin's disease  (hjknz)

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A malignant, progressive, sometimes fatal disease of unknown cause, marked by enlargement of the lymph nodes, spleen, and liver. Also called Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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[After Thomas Hodgkin (1798-1866), British physician.]

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Hodgkin's disease

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(Medicine / Pathology) a malignant disease, a form of lymphoma, characterized by painless enlargement of the lymph nodes, spleen, and liver Also called lymphoadenoma lymphogranulomatosis

[named after Thomas Hodgkin (1798-1866), London physician, who first described it]

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Hodgkin's disease  (hjknz)

A progressive neoplastic disease, marked by proliferation of cells arising from the lymph nodes and bone marrow; enlargement of the lymph nodes, spleen, and liver; fever; and anemia. The disease is most common in teenagers and young adults. Hodgkin's disease is named after its identifier, English pathologist Thomas Hodgkin (1798-1866).

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Hodgkin's disease - a malignant disorder in which there is progressive (but painless) enlargement of lymph tissue followed by enlargement of the spleen and liver lymphoma - a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer