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Burkitt’s lymphoma

Bur·kitt's lym·pho·ma [ bùrkits lim fṓmə ] (plural Bur·kitt's lym·pho·mas or Bur·kitt's lym·pho·ma·ta)


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cancer affecting white blood cells: a rare malignant tumor attacking white blood cells, associated with a virus spread by insects. It is found mainly in children in Central Africa.

[Mid-20th century. After Denis Burkitt (1911-1993), British surgeon]
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