淋巴瘤

línbāliú

noun

Measure Word

一种淋巴瘤 zhǒng

Meanings

1 lymphoma
2 cancer of the lymphatic system

Characters

(phonetic for lymph)

Examples

HSK 4

淋巴瘤通常分为霍奇金和非霍奇金两大类。

Línbāliú tōngcháng fēnwéi Huòqí jīn hé fēi Huòqí jīn liǎng dà lèi.

Lymphomas are usually classified into Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin types.

HSK 5

医生诊断他得了淋巴瘤。

Yīshēng zhěnduàn tā déle línbāliú.

The doctor diagnosed him with lymphoma.

Tips

memory

淋巴 (línbā) is itself a phono-semantic loan for "lymph" (the 巴 just lends sound). Add 瘤 (liú, "tumor") and you get "lymph-tumor". The same 瘤 ending appears in 肿瘤 zhǒngliú (tumor), 脑瘤 nǎoliú (brain tumor).

Stroke Order

淋 lín

巴 bā

瘤 liú