lymphoma
n. C / Un. a type of cancer that starts in the immune system. It affects the parts of your body that help fight off germs and infections.
n. a malignant tumor of the lymph nodes or lymphatic tissue. Refers to a broad group of blood cancers that develop from lymphocytes.
The doctor is testing the patient for lymphoma.
After noticing a swollen node in his neck, he underwent a biopsy to rule out lymphoma.
Advances in immunotherapy have significantly improved the prognosis for patients diagnosed with certain subtypes of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which were once considered difficult to treat.
From lymph, from Latin lympha (“water”) + -oma (“disease, morbidity”).
Uncountable when referring to the disease generally; countable when referring to specific medical types or instances.