splenic

English

Alternative forms

• splenike (17th century), splenick (17th – 18th centuries)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπληνικός (splēnikós, “of the spleen”)

Adjective

splenic (comparative more splenic, superlative most splenic)

1. Of, related to, or located near the spleen.
   • 1619: Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrim: Microcosmus, Or the Historie of Man

     The Liuer by the splenike branch, transferreth them to the Serjeant of the scullery the Splene.

Synonyms

• lienal, lienic

Derived terms

• gastrosplenic
• hepatosplenic
• hyposplenic
• intrasplenic
• pancreaticosplenic
• perisplenic
• phrenicosplenic
• postsplenic
• splenical
• splenic artery
• splenic fever
• splenic flexure
• splenic plexus
• splenic pulp
• splenic sinus
• splenic vein
• splenic vessel
• subsplenic

 

Translations

of, related to, or located near the spleen

• Russian: селезёночный (ru) (selezjónočnyj)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: esplénico (es)

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