Niemann splenomegaly

Nie·mann sple·no·meg·a·ly

(nē'mahn), enlargement of spleen occurring in Niemann-Pick disease.

Nie·mann sple·no·meg·a·ly

(nē'mahn splē'nō-meg'ăl-ē) Enlargement of spleen occurring in Niemann-Pick disease.

Niemann,

Albert, German physician, 1880-1921. Niemann disease - Synonym(s): Niemann-Pick diseaseNiemann splenomegaly - enlargement of spleen occurring in Niemann-Pick disease.Niemann-Pick cell - Synonym(s): Pick cellNiemann-Pick disease - lipid histiocytosis that occurs most commonly in Jewish infants and leads to early death. Synonym(s): Niemann disease; sphingomyelin lipidosis