lymphoma
noun
lym·pho·ma
lim-ˈfō-mə 
plural lymphomas also lymphomata
lim-ˈfō-mə-tə
: a usually malignant tumor of lymphoid tissue
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The Big Lebowski star, 75, stepped back from screen acting following a bout with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2020 and a serious case of COVID-19 shortly thereafter.
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
There are also skin diseases, such [as] autoimmune diseases like lupus erythematosus or malignant lymphoma, that are featured as chronic panniculitis clinically.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
It is considered a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and is sometimes known as lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The American poet Violet Ranney Lang was born in 1924 and died in 1956, of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, at the age of thirty-two.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
There are also skin diseases, such [as] autoimmune diseases like lupus erythematosus or malignant lymphoma, that are featured as chronic panniculitis clinically.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
It is considered a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and is sometimes known as lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The American poet Violet Ranney Lang was born in 1924 and died in 1956, of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, at the age of thirty-two.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Lymphoma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lymphoma. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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lymphoma
noun
lym·pho·ma
lim-ˈfō-mə
plural lymphomas or lymphomata
-mət-ə
: a tumor composed of the same type of tissue making up lymph nodes
Medical Definition
lymphoma
noun
lym·pho·ma
lim-ˈfō-mə
plural lymphomas also lymphomata
-mət-ə
: a usually malignant tumor of lymphoid tissue
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