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HODGKIN'S DISEASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A malignant disorder in which there is progressive (but painless) enlargement of lymph tissue followed by enlargement of the spleen and liver
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Hodgkin's disease" is a kind of...):
lymphoma (a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer)
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