lymphomatosis Path.
(lɪmfəʊməˈtəʊsɪs)
[f. lymphomat- (taken as stem of mod.L. lymphoma) + -osis.]
Any of various diffuse neoplastic or hyperplastic disorders originating in lymphoid tissue.
| 1900 Dorland Med. Dict. 368/2 Lymphomatosis, general lymphatic engorgement. 1901 Encycl. Medica VII. 196 Among them [sc. synonyms of lymphadenoma] are adenia, lymphadenia, lymphogenic diathesis, lymphadenosis, lymphoma, lymphomatosis, pseudo-leukemia, lymphosarcoma, and the non-committal Hodgkin's disease. 1933 Jrnl. Exper. Med. LVIII. 254 Lymphomatosis (lymphoid leukosis) of chickens is identical with the similar disease of mammals. 1947 Radiology XLIX. 354/1 Terminal changes were mainly of two types: generalized atrophy (premature aging) and mediastinal lymphomatosis. 1961 Brit. Vet. Jrnl. CXVII. 323 Much confusion has resulted from the use of the term ‘visceral lymphomatosis’, which some workers understand to be a genuine lymphoid leucosis, whilst others use it to designate the visceral lesions associated with fowl paralysis. 1965 New Scientist 17 June 800/2 The three main leukaemias of poultry—lymphomatosis, erythroblastosis and myeloblastosis. 1970 Jubb & Kennedy Path. Domestic Animals (ed. 2) I. iv. 386/1 All primary tumours of the lymphoreticular tissues are malignant... These tumours occur in all domestic animals... Very many names have been applied to them depending on the pattern of growth, the presence or absence of ‘leucaemic’ changes in the circulating blood, and the judgement of the observer on what was the chief cell involved. In the following discussion we shall include them all in the designation lymphomatosis. |