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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, in, near, or relating to the spleen.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the spleen: as, splenic vessels, nerves, tissue, etc.; splenic disease.
- Hemorrhage into the substance of the spleen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the spleen; lienal.
- adjective (Med.) See
Anthrax , n., 3.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the spleen
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Examples
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Large rounded cells, termed splenic cells, are also seen; these are capable of ameboid movement, and often contain pigment and red-blood corpuscles in their interior.
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Pasteur gave public demonstrations in the fields near Paris, using the disease called splenic fever, and sheep as the subjects of his experimentation.
Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World Various 1870
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Davainne and Rayer, noticed in the blood, of animals which had died of the virulent disease called splenic fever, small microscopic organisms resembling transparent rods, but neither of them at that time attached any significance to the observation.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856
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"Portal flow modulation such as splenic artery ligation should be done early rather than delayed," Lo writes.
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The splenic these doctors bezafibrate of whether replicates.
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Laparoscopic marsupialization of a splenic cyst, if anyone's wondering.
Another Dog Café. Ann Althouse 2009
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Flex Sig if done to the splenic flexure or about the 40 cm. levelat best may be 60 to 70% as sensitive as colonoscopy.
New ACS colon cancer guidelines-moves CT screening up james gaulte 2008
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Flex Sig if done to the splenic flexure or about the 40 cm. levelat best may be 60 to 70% as sensitive as colonoscopy.
Archive 2008-03-01 james gaulte 2008
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This may include splenic sequestration, transient red cell aplasia and hyperhemolysis.
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From the splenic branch which passes into the pancreas, and from the upper part, arise the posterior coronary, gastric, and gastroepiploic veins, all of which are distributed upon the stomach in numerous branches and twigs, just as the mesenteric vessels are upon the intestines.
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