HODGKIN

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• HODGKIN (noun)
  The noun HODGKIN has 3 senses:

1. English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)

2. English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)

3. English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998)

  Familiarity information: HODGKIN used as a noun is uncommon.

• HODGKIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hodgkin; Thomas Hodgkin

Instance hypernyms:

doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)

Sense 2

Meaning:

English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Dorothy Hodgkin; Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin; Hodgkin

Instance hypernyms:

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)

Sense 3

Meaning:

English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alan Hodgkin; Alan Lloyd Hodgkin; Hodgkin; Sir Alan Hodgkin

Instance hypernyms:

physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)

 Context examples 

A monoclonal antibody that binds to cells that have the CD30 antigen on their surface, including Hodgkin disease cells and cells from anaplastic large cell lymphoma, and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

(Monoclonal Antibody SGN-30, NCI Dictionary)

A primary small intestinal T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma of intraepithelial T-lymphocytes.

(Monomorphic CD56+ Intestinal T-Cell Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used alone or with radiation therapy to treat Hodgkin lymphoma.

(MOPP, NCI Dictionary)

A chemotherapy regimen consisting of mechlorethamine, vincristine (Oncovin), procarbazine and prednisone, used alone or in combination with radiation therapy for the treatment of stage I-IV Hodgkin lymphoma.

(MOPP regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A subtype of classical Hodgkin lymphoma with a mixed inflammatory stroma containing Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg cells.

(Mixed Cellularity Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

A dose-reduced variant of the BEAM conditioning regimen used in the transplant setting, consisting of carmustine, etoposide, cytarabine, and melphalan and used for the treatment of relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma.

(Mini-BEAM Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

An increased incidence of Hodgkin lymphomas has been observed in HIV positive patients.

(AIDS-Related Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Involvement of the meninges by a Hodgkin or non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

(Meningeal Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This disorder is often Epstein-Barr virus positive, and morphologically it may resemble large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, or a polymorphous post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder.

(Methotrexate-Associated Lymphoproliferative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

A regimen consisting of mesna, ifosfamide, mitoxantrone and etoposide used to treat relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's and Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

(MINE Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)