splenunculusn.
/splɪˈnʌŋkjʊləs/ Medicine.
= spleniculus n.
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splenunculus1897
1848 Quain's Elements Anat. (ed. 5) II. 1089 These are commonly named accessory or supplementary spleens (splenculi, lienculi [sic]).]
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 527 Accessory spleens, splenunculi or lienculi, are common.
1909 J. G. Adami & A. G. Nicholls Princ. Pathol. II. x. 222 Nearly 400 of these splenunculi were found scattered throughout the abdominal cavity.
1962 Lancet 26 May 1104/1 After the removal of the splenunculus there was remission.
1974 W. A. Sodeman Pathol. Physiol. (ed. 5) xxiii. 680/2 Such a hemolytic relapse has been documented..in a splenectomized patient with hereditary spherocytosis; at surgery a splenunculus was found to weigh 217 grams.
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