The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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They were looking at “scurfy” mice; males are unexpectedly born with flaky skin and enlarged spleens and only live for a few weeks, because their organs are attacked by their own immune cells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
The examination revealed the elephants had enlarged livers and spleens, as well as internal bleeding in multiple organs—signs of septicemia.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 5, 2023
The study documents germinal center–like structures in the spleens of rainbow trout, the first time anyone has detected them in bony fish.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 31, 2023
People without spleens are more susceptible to severe bacterial infections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
They appeared to have died of heat stress, brought on, he suspected, by the problems with the heating system in the building—but their spleens were weirdly enlarged.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
