Burkitt's lymphoma
noun
Bur·kitt's lymphoma
ˈbər-kəts- 
variants
or less commonly Burkitt lymphoma
: a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of B cell origin that occurs especially in children of central Africa and is associated with Epstein-Barr virus
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Burkitt's lymphoma
noun
Bur·kitt's lymphoma
ˌbər-kəts-
variants
also Burkitt lymphoma
: a non-Hodgkin lymphoma of B cell origin that affects primarily the upper and lower jaws, orbit, retroperitoneal tissues situated near the pancreas, kidneys, ovaries, testes, thyroid, adrenal glands, heart, and pleura, that occurs especially in children of central Africa, and that is associated with Epstein-Barr virus
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