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HYPERSPLENISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypersplenism mean? 

HYPERSPLENISM (noun)
  The noun HYPERSPLENISM has 1 sense:

1. enlarged spleen and a decrease in one or more types of blood cells; associated with many disordersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HYPERSPLENISM (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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