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Definition of Splenitis

1. Noun. Inflammation of the spleen.

Definition of Splenitis

1. n. Inflammation of the spleen.

Definition of Splenitis

1. Noun. (pathology) inflammation of the spleen ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Splenitis

1. Inflammation of the spleen. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Of the spleen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Splenitis

Literary usage of Splenitis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by James Meschter Anders (1898)
"splenitis. Pathology.—Next to the kidneys, the spleen is the favorite seat ... splenitis, due to a benign embolus originating in the left side of the heart ..."

2. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by James Meschter Anders (1915)
"Acute proliferative or hyperplastic splenitis (acute splenic tumor) is seen as the result of the acute infectious diseases (typhoid, typhus, relapsing, ..."

3. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders (1902)
"splenitis, due to a benign embolus originating in the left side of the heart or from ... Cirrhosis of the spleen (chronic interstitial splenitis) differs ..."

4. A Systematic Treatise, Historical, Etiological, and Practical, on the by Daniel Drake (1854)
"We come now to consider the symptoms and treatment of splenitis. SECTION II. ... splenitis may be either capsular or parenchy- matous. ..."

5. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by James Meschter Anders (1903)
"This condition merges insensibly into acute, splenitis. ... splenitis, due to a benign embolus originating in the left side of the heart or from the aorta ..."

6. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders (1911)
"This condition merges insensibly into acute, splenitis. Chronic or passive hyperemia is due to some mechanical obstruction of the portal circulation caused ..."

7. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders (1913)
"This condition merges insensibly into acute, splenitis. ... splenitis, due to a benign embolus originating in the left side of the heart or from tie aorta ..."

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