HEPATOMEGALY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hepatomegaly mean? 

• HEPATOMEGALY (noun)
  The noun HEPATOMEGALY has 1 sense:

1. abnormal enlargement of the liver

  Familiarity information: HEPATOMEGALY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEPATOMEGALY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormal enlargement of the liver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hepatomegaly; megalohepatia

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

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

 Context examples 

Clinical manifestations in infancy include cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, hypotonia, and hepatomegaly.

(Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Very Long-Chain Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include fever, lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, and pancytopenia.

(Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, neurologic disorders, lymphadenopathy, skeletal disorders, anemia and thrombocytopenia.

(Gaucher Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

There is an increase in mononuclear white blood cells and other atypical lymphocytes, generalized lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, and occasionally hepatomegaly with hepatitis.

(Infectious Mononucleosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The clinical signs and symptoms include hyperbilirubinemia, hepatomegaly, and fluid retention.

(Liver Veno-Occlusive Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include developmental delays, mental retardation, facial abnormalities, hepatomegaly, and hypotonia.

(Peroxisomal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Clincal signs and symptoms include hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, hearing loss, mental retardation, skeletal abnormalities, and recurrent respiratory infections.

(Mannosidosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, nervous system manifestations, skeletal abnormalities, and mental deterioration.

(Lysosomal Storage Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Common presenting features include a palpable abdominal mass, hepatomegaly, and a thoracic mass detected on routine chest X-ray.

(Ganglioneuroma, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinically, there is no evidence of palpable hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, malabsorption syndrome, or pathologic fractures.

(Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)