splenicadj.
/ˈspliːnɪk/, /ˈsplɛnɪk/, U.S. /ˈsplinɪk/, /ˈsplɛnɪk/ Anatomy and Pathology.
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a. Anatomy. Of, pertaining to, connected with, or situated in the spleen.Frequently in splenic artery, splenic plexus, splenic vein, splenic vessel.
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splenetic?1543
splenitic1578
splenetical1599
splenic1619
splenatic1621
lienous1657
lienary1684
lienal1879
perisplenic1883
splenorenal1945
1619 S. Purchas Microcosmus v. 40 The Liuer by the splenike branch, transferreth them to the Serjeant of the scullery the Splene.
1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus xxvi. 64 Wee'l suppose the Spleen..principally obstructed in its lower parts and Splenick branch.
1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 578 The Gastrick and Splenick Arteries.
1702 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1186 The Splenick Vein has divers Cells opening into it near its Extremities in Human Bodies.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Plexus The Splenic Plexus sends out Branches to the left Part of the Ventricle and Panchreas.
1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. lxxxix. 297 The Passage of the Sword was near the splenick Vessels.
1851 W. B. Carpenter Man. Physiol. (ed. 2) 301 The areolæ formed by the trabecular tissue, commonly known as the splenic follicles.
1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) v. 126 An artery called the splenic artery which proceeds almost directly from the aorta.
b. splenic flexure n. the bend of the colon near the spleen.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > intestines > [noun] > large intestine > colon > parts of
sigmoid flexure1786
splenic flexure1808
haustrum1889
sigmoid1891
sigmoid colon1896
1808 J. Barclay Muscular Motions 545 At the liver it exhibits the hepatic flexure; at the spleen the splenic flexure.
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 270 A stricture was found situated in the descending colon, about two inches from the splenic flexure.
2. = splenetic adj. 5. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1730 N. Bailey Dict. Britannicum
3. Pathology. Of diseases, etc.: Of or affecting the spleen; esp. splenic fever, malignant anthrax.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > anthrax
anthrax1789
malignant pustule1850
splenic fever1867
wool-sorters' disease1880
joint-ill1893
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > glandular disorders > [adjective] > disorders of spleen
splenetic?1543
splenitic1578
spleenish1598
splenatic1607
splenitive1633
milt-grown1662
splenic1867
perisplenitic1899
splenomegalic1900
hyposplenic1941
hypersplenic1946
1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) ii. i. 296 Splenic diseases in sheep.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 5 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV On the breaking out of the splenic fever at the halting places of Texas cattle.
1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. iv. 578 The hepatic lesion which so commonly goes along with splenic enlargement.
1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. iv. 578 The presence of splenic hypertrophy.
1884 Christian Commonw. 11 Dec. 120/1 The cause of splenic fever, the terrible ‘Woolsorters' Disease’.
Derivatives
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [adjective] > for the spleen
splenitic1578
splenative1592
splenetic1658
splenical1684
1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 267 Splenica, Splenical Medicines, are such as by attenuating and volatilizing the grosser parts, remove the Distempers and Obstructions of the Spleen. [Hence in Phillips (1696).]
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ˈsplenicness n. splenetic condition or state (Bailey, vol. II, 1727).
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adj.1619