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Definition of Splenomegaly
1. Noun. An abnormal enlargement of the spleen.
Definition of Splenomegaly
1. Noun. (pathology) An enlargement of the spleen. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Splenomegaly
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Medical Definition of Splenomegaly
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Splenomegaly
Literary usage of Splenomegaly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1909)
"There are two family forms of splenomegaly; in one the children attacked present
... In the other, the Minkowski type, the splenomegaly is associated with a ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1905)
"Simple splenomegaly, persisting for years without any anaemia, or perhaps only a low
... Stengel, and others is that of splenomegaly with secondary anaemia. ..."
3. Practice of Medicine by Frederick Tice (1921)
"This condition may be so extreme as" to merit the appellation "splenomegaly."
Osier has classified the conditions under which such chronic tumors may be ..."
4. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1917)
"THE TREATMENT BY SPLENECTOMY OF splenomegaly WITH ANEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH SYPHILIS
... Similarly, cases of splenomegaly in patients with syphilis are to be ..."
5. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Lewellys Franklin Barker, Milton Howard Fussell, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Primary splenomegaly (a) splenomegaly of the Gaucher Type or Gaucher Disease (Primary
Endothelioma of the Spleen) Gaucher, in 1882, first called attention ..."
6. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders (1913)
"Tropical splenomegaly, known also by its native Indian name, kala-azar (black
fever), from the pigmentation of the skin, has also been termed Dumdum fever ..."
7. Surgical Diseases of the Abdomen by Richard Douglas (1903)
"Bovaird holds that primary splenomegaly is necessarily a disease of childhood,
and uses that as an argument in distinguishing it from splenic anemia as ..."
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