Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the small separate masses of splenic tissue sometimes found about the spleen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) One of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighborhood of the spleen; an accessory or supplementary spleen.
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- noun anatomy One of the small
nodules sometimes found in the neighbourhood of thespleen ; anaccessory orsupplementary spleen.
Etymologies
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Diminutive of Latin lien the spleen.
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