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noun
A benign tumor (neoplasm) of lymphatic tissue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: modern sense
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Broader terms: adenoma, tumor, neoplasm, neoplasia
noun
Any hyperplastic or neoplastic mass of lymphatic tissue.
Any pseudoleukaemia, especially Hodgkin's disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
Any hyperplastic or neoplastic mass of lymphatic tissue.
Any malignant lymphatic tumor, including lymphosarcoma or lymphadenocarcinoma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
an abnormally enlarged lymph node
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: adenoma
History
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms, from lymph- + adeno + -oma = lymph- + adenoma.
