Hodg|kin's disease

Hodg|kin's disease
Hodg|kin's disease «HOJ kihnz»,
an often fatal, cancerous disease of the lymphatic tissue, characterized by enlargement of the spleen and lymph nodes; lymphogranulomatosis.
[< Thomas Hodgkin, 1798-1866, an English physician, who described it]

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