LYMPHOMA

(Lat.), n. n. Li2mf(lu8mf)-o'ma3. Gen., -om'atos (-at is). From lymph a, lymph (see also-yma*). Ger., lymph at is che Geschwulst, Lymphom, Leucocytom. A tumor having a microscopic structure like that of the lymphatic glands, and a finely reticulated meshwork, connected with which are some fixed cells at tolerably regular intervals, not unlike the fixed cells of connective ti ue, but generally larger. [E.] Heteroplastic 1. A lymph adenoma. [Ziegler (a, 34).] Hyperplastic 1. L. in which there is multiplication of the lymphoid cells with hyperplasia of the reticular ti ue. [Ziegler (a, 34).] Leuceemic 1. See Leuceemic ADENIA. Malignant 1. Pseudo-leucocythaemia. [A, 326 (a. 21).] Pseudoleucsemic 1. Of Prudden, the enlarged lymph-node found in Hodgkin's disease, [a, 34.] Scrofulous 1. Tuberculous enlargement of a lymphatic gland, [a, 34.] Typhoid 1. Of Orth, a small gray nodule that is developed in the serous coat of the intestine, as well as in the liver and kidneys in typhoid fever, [a, 34.] [s. 683]