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primary CNS lymphoma (PRY-mayr-eeā€¦lim-FOH-muh)

 Cancer that forms in the lymph tissue of the brain, spinal cord, meninges (outer covering of the brain), or eye (called ocular lymphoma). Also called PCNSL and primary central nervous system lymphoma.

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