hodgkin's disease

1. 1.

   a malignant disorder in which there is progressive (but painless) enlargement of lymph tissue followed by enlargement of the spleen and liver

   Broaderlymphoma

Questions about hodgkin's disease

What does hodgkin's disease mean?

hodgkin's disease means "a malignant disorder in which there is progressive (but painless) enlargement of lymph tissue followed by enlargement of the spleen and liver".

Is hodgkin's disease a common word?

hodgkin's disease is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.