lymphogranulomatosis Path.
(ˌlɪmfəʊgrænjʊləʊməˈtəʊsɪs)
[f. lymphogranulomat-, taken as stem of prec. + -osis.]
Used, usu. with mod.L. or Eng. adjs., to designate any of three diseases, viz. lymphogranulomatosis benigna, sarcoidosis; lymphogranulomatosis inguinalis [tr. F. lymphogranulomatose inguinale (Durand et al. 1913, in Bull. et Mém. Soc. méd. d. Hôp. de Paris XXXV. 274)], lymphogranuloma venereum; lymphogranulomatosis maligna, Hodgkin's disease.
| 1911 Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 6) 470/1 Lymphogranulomatosis..Hodgkin's disease. 1915 J. E. R. McDonagh Biol. & Treatm. Venereal Dis. xlvi. 550 This case..would probably have been called lymphogranulomatosis on the Continent, and lymphadenoma or Hodgkin's disease affecting the skin in this country. 1926 Arch. Dermatol. & Syphilol. XIV. 36 In January, 1913, Nicolas, Durand and Favré published a report concerning a series of cases of lymphatic enlargement of the groins which they named ‘lymphogranulomatosis inguinalis’. 1932 [see lymphogranuloma]. 1935 Brit. Jrnl. Dermatol. XLVII. 225 The symptomatic triad of benign lymphogranulomatosis. Ibid., I attributed the diabetes to the presence of lymphogranulomatosis benigna in this organ. Ibid. 227 The polynuclear leucocytosis in malign lymphogranulomatosis (Hodgkin's disease). 1971 Brunson & Gall Concepts of Dis. xxv. 925/1 In the United States and Great Britain, Hodgkin's disease is regarded generally as a malignant neoplasm; in Germany it is considered to be a peculiar inflammatory process and is designated by the term lymphogranulomatosis. 1973 R. B. Scott Price's Textbk. Pract. Med. (ed. 11) ix. 874 Sarcoidosis. Synonyms. Lymphogranulomatosis benigna [etc.]. |