splenic
adjUK /ˈspliːnɪk/ · US /ˈsplinɪk/
Etymology From Latin splēnicus, from Ancient Greek σπληνικός (splēnikós, “of the spleen”). By surface analysis, splen- + -ic.
1
Of, related to, or located near the spleen.
- The Liuer by the splenike branch, transferreth them to the Serjeant of the scullery the Splene.1619, Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrim: Microcosmus, Or the Historie of Man:
- Derived terms
- cardiosplenic, endosplenic, gastrosplenic, hepatosplenic, hyposplenic, infrasplenic, intrasplenic, nephrosplenic, pancreaticosplenic, perisplenic, phrenicosplenic, postsplenic, splenical, splenic artery, splenic fever, splenic flexure, splenic plexus, splenic pulp, splenic sinus, splenic vein, splenic vessel, subsplenic