Burkitt's lymphoma
[ bur-kits ]
/ ˈbɜr kɪts /
noun Pathology.
a type of poorly differentiated malignant lymphoma, mainly afflicting children in central Africa, characterized by a large, bone-destroying lesion of the jaw, an abdominal mass, or more diffuse disease: believed to be associated with Epstein-Barr virus.
Origin of Burkitt's lymphoma
named after Denis Parsons
Burkitt (born 1911), Irish physician, who identified the malignancy in Uganda in 1957
Medical definitions for burkitt's lymphoma
Burkitt's lymphoma
[ bûr′kĭts ]
n.
An undifferentiated malignant lymphoma usually occurring among children in central Africa, characterized by a large osteolytic lesion in the mandible or by a mass in the retroperitoneal area and associated with the Epstein-Barr virus.