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   Hodgkin's disease

   /ˈhɒdʒkɪnz/

   noun

   • 1. a malignant though often curable disease of lymphatic tissues typically causing painless enlargement of the lymph nodes, liver, and spleen.

   Word Origin mid 19th century: named after Thomas Hodgkin (1798–1866), the English physician who first described it.

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