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  • mono an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
  • lymphadenopathy chronic abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes (usually associated with disease)
  • mononucleosis an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
  • lumpectomy surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer
  • bubo a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis
  • peyer's patch any of several lymph nodes in the walls of the intestines near the junction of the ileum and colon
  • lymphangiogram an angiogram of the lymph nodes and lymph vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance
  • acute lymphoblastic leukemia acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood; most common in children
  • lymphopathia venereum infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium; transmitted by sexual contact; characterized by genital lesions and swelling of lymph nodes in the groin
  • mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome an acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes and fever; of unknown cause
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