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noun
A disorder in which abnormal spleen activity destroys blood cells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: hypersplenia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: malfunction, condition
noun
enlarged spleen and a decrease in one or more types of blood cells; associated with many disorders
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: symptom
History
By surface analysis, hyper- + splen- + -ism.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
