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splenomegaly — /splee neuh meg euh lee, splen euh /, n. Pathol. enlargement of the spleen. Also, splenomegalia /splee noh meuh gay lee euh, gayl yeuh, splen oh /. [1895 1900; SPLENO + MEGALY] * * * ▪ pathology enlargement of the spleen, the abdominal… … Universalium
splenomegaly, splenomegalia — Enlargement of the spleen. SYN: megalosplenia. [spleno + G. megas (megal ), large] congestive s. enlargement of the spleen due to passive congestion; sometimes used as a synonym for Banti … Medical dictionary
splenic anemia — congestive splenomegaly … Medical dictionary
Banti disease — congestive splenomegaly … Medical dictionary
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
Cirrhosis — Classification and external resources A person with massive ascites and caput medusae due to cirrhotic liver failure ICD 10 K … Wikipedia
body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the … Medical dictionary
fibrocongestive — Term sometimes used to indicate the general condition of an organ or tissue in which acute or chronic, persistent congestion has resulted in degeneration and necrosis of cells and replacement with connective tissue elements, as in … Medical dictionary
Banti disease — Ban·ti disease (bahnґte) [Guido Banti, Italian pathologist, 1852–1925] congestive splenomegaly … Medical dictionary
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
