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lymphoma

lymp·homa

US/lɪmˈfoʊ.mə/ uncommon

noun

1.

a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer

Origin

From lymph, from Latin lympha (“water”) + -oma (“disease, morbidity”).

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