(Med.) A morbid condition characterized by progressive anæmia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.
(n) มะเร็งต่อมน้ำเหลืองชนิดแพร่กระจายช้า เช่น Find out more about Hodgkin's disease, a cancer of the lymphatic system with symptoms that include unexplained, recurring fevers, unexplained weight loss., Syn. Hodgkin's lymphoma
(n) มะเร็งต่อมน้ำเหลืองชนิดแพร่กระจายเร็ว เช่น In multivariate analyses, the factors associated with a decreased risk for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were allergy to plants, bee and wasp stings., Syn. NHL
(n) English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998), Syn. Alan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin