hodgkin's disease
Noun
Meaning
A morbid condition characterized by progressive anaemia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHypernyms
Examples
Even so, the Hodgkin's disease that has sidelined Rowdy Roddy is a sign that time waits for no one -- how could Piper be 52? -- and that another chapter in Portland's small-city history is drawing to a close.
Lymphomas fall into one of two major categories: Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL, previously called Hodgkin's disease) and all other lymphomas (non-Hodgkin's lymphomas or NHLs).
In the early 1960s, Gordon Svoboda of Lilly Research Laboratories derived two safe and effective drugs from the Madagascan periwinkle--vincristine, used leukemia, and vinblastine, against Hodgkin's disease.
Once there, Alena was scheduled for chemotherapy within the week and she got a name for her illness - Hodgkin's disease.