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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