Burkitt lymphoma

British

/ ˈbɜːkɪts, ˈbɜːkɪt /

noun

a rare type of tumour of the white blood cells, occurring mainly in Africa and associated with infection by Epstein-Barr virus

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Burkitt lymphoma

named after Dennis Burkitt (1911–93), British surgeon who first described the tumour

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

This makes CD20 an attractive target for monoclonal antibody therapies which have been used to treat a variety of B-cell lymphomas, including follicular lymphoma, Burkitt lymphoma, diffuse large B cell lymphomas and high-grade B-cell lymphomas.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023

The researchers found that "childhood phthalate exposure was strongly associated with incidence of osteosarcoma" and identified correlations with other cancers like lymphoma "driven by associations with Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, but not Burkitt lymphoma."

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2022

She had Burkitt lymphoma, a disease most frequently seen in children.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

He missed the final two months last season to receive medical treatment for non-Hodgkin's Burkitt lymphoma.

From US News • Apr. 4, 2016

About a month ago, he was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma, a cancer that attacks the immune system’s white blood cells.

From Washington Times • Jul. 12, 2015

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023