Medical Definition of Polysplenia

1. A condition in which splenic tissue is divided into nearly equal masses or totally absent; congenital heart disease and lung symmetry are common. The condition may be related to situs inversus. Most cases are sporadic. See: bilateral left-sidedness. Origin: poly-+ G. Splen, spleen (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polysplenia

polysomic
polysomics
polysomnogram
polysomnography
polysomy
polysomy
polysorbate
polysorbates
polysorbates
polysorbate 80
polyspast
polyspermia
polyspermous
polyspermy
Polysphondylium
polysplenia (current term)
polysplenia syndrome
polysporous
polysteraxic
polystichia
polystichous
Polystichum
Polystichum acrostichoides
Polystichum aculeatum
Polystichum adiantiformis
Polystichum braunii
Polystichum lonchitis
Polystichum scopulinum
Polystichum setiferum
polystomata

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