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Tyrosin :: Tyrosin (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance present in small amount in the pancreas and spleen, and formed in large quantity from the decomposition of proteid matter by various means, -- as by pancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as of cheese, by the action of boiling acids, etc. Chemically, it consists of oxyphenol and amidopropionic acid, and by decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, or some other benzol derivative..

Lienculus :: Lienculus (n.) One of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighborhood of the spleen; an accessory or supplementary spleen.

Antisplenetic :: Antisplenetic (a.) Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen.

Leucocythemia :: Leucocythemia (n.) A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; leuchaemia..

Splenotomy :: Splenology (n.) The branch of science which treats of the spleen.

Splenetic :: Splenetic (a.) Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.

Spleen :: Spleen (n.) A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the vascular system; the milt. Its exact function in not known.

Spleened :: Spleen (v. t.) To dislke.

Spleen :: Spleen (n.) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.

Spleen :: Spleen (n.) Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen..

Oncometer :: Oncometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the variations in size of the internal organs of the body, as the kidney, spleen, etc..

Lardacein :: Lardacein (n.) A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc..

Haemapoietic :: Haemapoietic (a.) Bloodforming; as, the haemapoietic function of the spleen..

Spleenless :: Spleenish (a.) Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful.

Anthrax :: Anthrax (n.) An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever..

Spleeny :: Spleeny (a.) Irritable; peevish; fretful.

Splenitive :: Splenitis (n.) Inflammation of the spleen.

Splent :: Splenotomy (n.) An incision into the spleen; removal of the spleen by incision.

Splenical :: Splenic (a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen; lienal; as, the splenic vein..

Splenography :: Splenocele (n.) Hernia formed by the spleen.

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