splenic

[ splee-nik, splen-ik ]

/ ˈspli nɪk, ˈsplɛn ɪk /

adjective

of, pertaining to, connected with, or affecting the spleen: splenic nerves.

Words nearby splenic

splendor, splendour, splenectomy, splenectopia, splenetic, splenic, splenic anemia, splenic artery, splenic flexure, splenic lymph follicle, splenic pulp

Origin of splenic

1610–20; < Latin splēnicus < Greek splēnikós. See splen-, -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM splenic

post·splen·ic, adjective

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Examples from the Web for splenic

Hens killed after having been thus saved, no longer showed the slightest trace of splenic organisms.
Louis Pasteur|Ren Vallery-Radot
By the side of the parasite of splenic fever we have thus a fresh example of a living animated virus, with germs forming dust.
Louis Pasteur|Ren Vallery-Radot
In the fifth month the descending colon has usually become fixed between the splenic flexure and the beginning of the sigmoidea.
The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity|George. S. Huntington
Koch draws attention to the similarity of splenic fever to typhus and cholera.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

Pasteur's researches on the Silkworm disease led him to the discovery of Bacterium anthracis, the cause of splenic fever.
The Beauties of Nature|Sir John Lubbock

British Dictionary definitions for splenic

splenic

/ (ˈsplɛnɪk, ˈspliː-) /

adjective

of, relating to, or in the spleen

having a disease or disorder of the spleen

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Medical definitions for splenic

splenic

[ splĕn′ĭk ]

adj.

Of, in, near, or relating to the spleen.