Hodgkin's disease

UK: /ˈhɒdʒkɪnz/ US: /ˈhɑdʒkɪnz dɪˌziz/

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Hodg•kin's dis•ease /ˈhɑdʒkɪnz dɪˌziz/  n. [uncountable]

1. Pathology a malignant disease in which the lymph nodes and spleen become enlarged.

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Hodg′kin's disease′, 

1. Pathology a type of cancer characterized by progressive chronic inflammation and enlargement of the lymph nodes of the neck, armpit, groin, and mesentery, by enlargement of the spleen and occasionally of the liver and the kidneys, and by lymphoid infiltration along the blood vessels.

• after Thomas Hodgkin (1798–1866), London physician who described it 1860–65

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Hodgkin's disease / ˈhɒdʒkɪnz/ noun

1. a malignant disease, a form of lymphoma, characterized by painless enlargement of the lymph nodes, spleen, and liver

Etymology: 19th Century: named after Thomas Hodgkin (1798–1866), London physician, who first described it