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Leucocythemia :: Leucocythemia (n.) A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; leuchaemia..

Spleeny :: Spleenwort (n.) Any fern of the genus Asplenium, some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen..

Spleen :: Spleen (n.) A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.

Splenetical :: Splenetic (n.) A person affected with spleen.

Splenotomy :: Splenotomy (n.) Dissection or anatomy of the spleen.

Spleen :: Spleen (n.) A fit of anger; choler.

Leucin :: Leucin (n.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance formed in the decomposition of albuminous matter by pancreatic digestion, by the action of boiling dilute sulphuric acid, and by putrefaction. It is also found as a constituent of various tissues and organs, as the spleen, pancreas, etc., and likewise in the vegetable kingdom. Chemically it is to be considered as amido-caproic acid..

Lienculus :: Lienculus (n.) One of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighborhood of the spleen; an accessory or supplementary spleen.

Splenitis :: Splenish (a.) Spleenish.

Gastrosplenic :: Gastrosplenic (n.) Pertaining to the stomach and spleen; as, the gastrosplenic ligament..

Oncometer :: Oncometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the variations in size of the internal organs of the body, as the kidney, spleen, etc..

Tyrosin :: Tyrosin (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance present in small amount in the pancreas and spleen, and formed in large quantity from the decomposition of proteid matter by various means, -- as by pancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as of cheese, by the action of boiling acids, etc. Chemically, it consists of oxyphenol and amidopropionic acid, and by decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, or some other benzol derivative..

Splenography :: Splenocele (n.) Hernia formed by the spleen.

Lienal :: Lienal (a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen; splenic.

Splenitive :: Splenitis (n.) Inflammation of the spleen.

Anthrax :: Anthrax (n.) An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever..

Spleen :: Spleen (n.) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.

Spleened :: Spleened (a.) Deprived of the spleen.

Spleenwort :: Spleenless (a.) Having no spleen; hence, kind; gentle; mild..

Spleenish :: Spleenful (a.) Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy..

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