Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the stomach and the spleen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) Pertaining to the stomach and spleen.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy, pathology Of or pertaining to the
stomach and thespleen
Etymologies
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gastro- + splenic
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Examples
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The gastrosplenic vessels were then separated, ligated and cut.
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The nerves were sutured, the organ was suspended in the large curve of the stomach by suturing the pedicles of the gastrosplenic vessels, and the abdominal wound was closed up.
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The part of the dorsal mesogastrium which intervened between the spleen and the greater curvature of the stomach forms the gastrosplenic ligament.
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From the spleen it is reflected to the stomach as the posterior layer of the gastrosplenic ligament.
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