Terminology

Hodgkin's Disease - the term coined by Samual Wilks in 1865 to represent a large number of cancers of the lymphatic system. The definition was narrowed down over the years as a distinction was made between various forms of cancer with a major group broken off and termed Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. The name Hodgkin's Disease was used until about 2001 when oncologists marshaled the World Health Organization (WHO) to use the term Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

Hodgkin's Lymphoma - the modern term used to describe 5 types of cancer of the lymphatic system sharing similar characteristics. Before 2001, Hodgkin's Lymphoma was called Hodgkin's Disease.

International names for Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Bengali:হজকিনের ব্যাধি, Catalan: Malaltia de Hodgkin, Czech: Hodgkinova nemoc, German: Morbus Hodgkin, Spanish: Enfermedad de Hodgkin, Basque: Hodgkinen linfoma, French: Maladie de Hodgkin, Indonesian: Limfoma Hodgkin, Italian: Linfoma di Hodgkin, Hebrew: לימפומת הודג'קין,
Latin: Morbus Hodgkin, Dutch: Ziekte van Hodgkin, Japanese: ホジキンリンパ腫, Polish: Ziarnica złośliwa, Portuguese: Linfoma de Hodgkin, Russian: Лимфогранулематоз, Serbian: Хоџкинова болест, Finnish: Hodgkinin tauti, Swedish: Hodgkins lymfom, Thai: Hodgkin's lymphoma, Turkish: Hodgkin hastalığı

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