‖ lymphoma Path.
(lɪmˈfəʊmə)
Pl. lymphomata.
[f. lymph, after carcinoma, etc.]
A tumour having the structure of a lymphatic gland.
| 1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. (ed. 2) 142 The Lymphomata are new formations consisting of lymphatic..tissue. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 590 Sharp, who distinguishes between lymphosarcoma and lymphadenoma, considers that each starts from a lymphoma. |
Hence lymˈphomatous a., of the nature of or resembling a lymphoma.
| 1876 Trans. Clinical Soc. IX. 87 An examination of the growth microscopically did not show..that it was lymphomatous. 1892 W. Osler Princ. Med. 27 The lymphomatous nephritis..produces as a rule no symptoms. |