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hyposplenism

noun

Etymology

From hypo- + splen- + -ism. Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn)der. English spleno- English -ism English hyposplenism

  1. derived from -ισμός
  2. formed as hyposplenism — “hypo- + splen- + -ism”

Definitions

  1. A reduction in spleen function.

The neighborhood

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