n :  a neoplastic disease of chickens that is caused by any of several retroviruses and is characterized by the formation of nodular or diffuse lymphoid tumors composed mostly of B cells and occurring esp. in the bursa of Fabricius, liver, and spleen and sometimes in the kidneys and gonads .
 
 
 
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