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Hodgkin's disease in American English
a chronic disease of unknown cause characterized by progressive enlargement of the lymph nodes and inflammation of other lymphoid tissues, esp. of the spleen
noun: a type of cancer characterized by progressive chronic inflammation and enlargement of the lymph nodes of the neck, armpit, groin, and mesentery, by enlargement of the spleen and occasionally of the liver and the kidneys, and by lymphoid infiltration along

Hodgkin's disease in British English
noun: a malignant disease, a form of lymphoma, characterized by painless enlargement of the lymph nodes, spleen, and liver

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