Splenopancreas
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The conjoined spleen and pancreas in most snakes
"Aseptic procedures were used to collect fresh tissue samples from the nasolabial pits and skin lesions for fungal culture and qPCR. Another set of tissues (head, skin lesions, lung, liver, splenopancreas, kidney, and intestine) were collected and placed in 10% neutral buffered formalin for histopathologic examination."
Example
More examples"Aseptic procedures were used to collect fresh tissue samples from the nasolabial pits and skin lesions for fungal culture and qPCR. Another set of tissues (head, skin lesions, lung, liver, splenopancreas, kidney, and intestine) were collected and placed in 10% neutral buffered formalin for histopathologic examination."
Etymology
From spleno- + pancreas.
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