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- noun A
congenital disease manifested by multiple small accessory spleens.
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Biliary atresia is associated with several malformations including a malformation of the spleen, i.e. asplenia or polysplenia.
deinonychus commented on the word polysplenia
Having multiple spleens.
February 3, 2012
yarb commented on the word polysplenia
Two spleen, or not two spleen?
February 3, 2012
Wordplayer commented on the word polysplenia
If anyone was going to make a list a "organ multiples" list, I'd nominate deinonychus
February 3, 2012
yarb commented on the word polysplenia
Come on deinonynchus, I want to know the word for the condition of having seventeen lungs.
February 3, 2012
deinonychus commented on the word polysplenia
Hmm... I'll see what I can do... Here's a list of too-many-organs.
Unfortunatly, it seems that medical counting is limited to missing, one, two, many, too many). But I'm sure you are capable of constructing some made up greek-sounding terms?
February 3, 2012