SPLENOMEGALY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does splenomegaly mean? 

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

1. an abnormal enlargement of the spleen

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPLENOMEGALY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormal enlargement of the spleen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

hypertrophy (abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ)

 Context examples 

The subacute phase symptoms include splenomegaly, anemia, and weight loss.

(Equine Infectious Anemia, NCI Thesaurus)

It results in hemolytic anemia and splenomegaly.

(Hereditary Spherocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Gaucher Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

There may be intermittent abdominal discomfort, splenomegaly, and slight jaundice.

(Hemoglobin C Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Due to premature destruction of erythrocytes in the spleen or peripheral vessels; commonly associated with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiencies, splenomegaly, and malarial or other infections.

(Hemolytic Anemia, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

A syndrome characterized by the presence of rheumatoid arthritis, splenomegaly, and granulocytopenia.

(Felty Syndrome, 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)

An autoimmune hematologic disorder characterized by autoimmune hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly and splenomegaly.

(Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients usually present with fatigue, weight loss, anemia, night sweats, and splenomegaly.

(Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive, NCI Thesaurus)

Leukemia is usually associated with anemia, fever, hemorrhagic episodes, and splenomegaly.

(Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)