HYPERSPLENISM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enlarged spleen and a decrease in one or more types of blood cells; associated with many disorders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hypersplenism" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

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