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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a change produced in the lungs by inflammation, in which they resemble the substance of the spleen. Compare
hepatization . Also spelledsplenisation .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A morbid state of the lung produced by inflammation, in which its tissue resembles that of the spleen.
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- noun medicine A
morbid state of thelung produced byinflammation , in which itstissue resembles that of thespleen .
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