Burkitt's lymphoma

American  

[bur-kits lim-foh-muh] / ˈbɜr kɪts lɪmˈfoʊ mə /

noun

Pathology.

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of Burkitt's lymphoma

Named after Denis Parsons Burkitt (1911–93), Irish physician, who identified the malignancy in Uganda in 1957

Example Sentences

Destiny Clark alleged that her son Ezra developed Burkitt’s lymphoma after he was exposed to Roundup which she sprayed on weeds at the family residence.

From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2021

Here, we isolate human PLC from Burkitt’s lymphoma cells using an engineered viral inhibitor as bait and determine the structure of native PLC by electron cryo-microscopy.

From Nature • Nov. 5, 2017

In March, Wall had helped Damiyah Telemaque-Nelson, whom everyone called Miyah and had a form of cancer known as Burkitt’s lymphoma, achieve the type of thing a child dreams about.

From Washington Times • Dec. 9, 2014

She told the Washington Wizards point guard she was going to beat the Burkitt’s lymphoma that had been diagnosed more than a year earlier.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2014

Confronting their doctors, the victims asked if they might have Burkitt's lymphoma, caught from their visiting aunt.

From Time Magazine Archive