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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, in, near, or relating to the spleen.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the spleen: as, splenic vessels, nerves, tissue, etc.; splenic disease.
  • Hemorrhage into the substance of the spleen.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the spleen; lienal.
  • adjective (Med.) See Anthrax, n., 3.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to the spleen

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