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Burkitt's lymphoma

(bʉr′kits)

a cancer characterized by tumors containing lymphoid cells, occurring esp. in children, in the jaw, eyes, and internal organs: it is associated with the Epstein-Barr virus

Origin: after D. P. Burkitt (1911-93), Brit surgeon in Uganda who first described it (1958)

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noun

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.

Origin:

Origin: After Denis Parsons Burkitt (1911-1993), Ugandan physician

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