Main Entry: Bur·kitt's lymphoma

Pronunciation: \ˈbər-kəts-\

Variant(s): also Bur·kitt lymphoma \-kət-\

Function: noun

Etymology: Denis Parsons Burkitt †1993 British surgeon

Date: 1963

: a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of B cell origin that occurs especially in children of central Africa and is associated with Epstein-Barr virus