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Burkitt's lymphoma definition

Bur·kitt'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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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