Hyposplenism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A reduction in spleen function. uncountable

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hypospleniahypospleny

Etymology

From hypo- + splen- + -ism. Etymology tree Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn)der. English spleno- English -ism English hyposplenism

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