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Hodgkin's disease definition

Hodg·kin's disease (häj′kinz)

a chronic disease of unknown cause characterized by progressive enlargement of the lymph nodes and inflammation of other lymphoid tissues, esp. of the spleen

Etymology: after Dr. T. Hodgkin (1798-1866), Eng physician who first described it

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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