Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant;
one of the four major types of cancer;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lymphoma \Lym*pho"ma\, n. [NL. See Lymph, and -oma.] (Med.)
A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic
gland; -- called also lymphadenoma.
[1913 Webster]
Malignant lymphoma, a fatal disease characterized by the
formation in various parts of the body of new growths
resembling lymphatic glands in structure.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lymphoma
n 1: a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one
of the four major types of cancer