The Collaborative International Dictionary
Splenic \Splen"ic\, a. [L. splenicus, Gr. splhniko`s; cf. F. spl['e]nique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the spleen; lienal; as, the splenic vein.
Splenic apoplexy or Splenic fever. (Med.) See Anthrax, n., 3.
Wiktionary
a. Of, related to, or located near the spleen. (1700-) alt. Of, related to, or located near the spleen. (1700-)
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Usage examples of "splenic".
According to the review of this article, Toldt explains the case by assuming that other parts of the celomic epithelium, besides that of the mesogastrium, are capable of forming splenic tissue.
Every one of these spleens had a capsule, was covered by peritoneum, and exhibited the histologic appearance of splenic tissue.
After birth the child had seven malarial paroxysms but recovered, the splenic tumor disappearing.
The map had routed him out of this pressed tunnel through the inferior vena cava to the right atrium and thence through the right ventricle, the pulmonary arteries, through the valves, to the lungs, the pulmonary veins, crossover to the left side of the heart (left atrium, left ventricle), the aorta--bypassing the three coronary arteries above the aortic valves--and down over the arch of the aorta--bypassing the carotid and other arteries--to the celiac trunk, where the arteries split in a confusing array: the gastroduodenal to the stomach, the hepatic to the liver, the splenic to the spleen.