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splenic

Adjective

splen=ic

WORDNET DICTIONARY

splenic(a = adj.pert) lienal, splenetic - of or relating to the spleen; Array

Derived form noun spleen₁

splenic, a. [L. splenicus, Gr. splhniko`s; cf. F. splénique.].

Of or pertaining to the spleen; lienal; as, the splenic vein. [1913 Webster]

Splenic apoplexy or Splenic fever. (Med.) See Anthrax, n., 3.

splenic, adj. of or in the spleen.

Idiom

splenic fever anthrax.

Derivative

splenoid adj.

Etymology

F spl{eacute}nique or L splenicus f. Gk splenikos (as SPLEEN)

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