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Definition: Splenic |
SplenicAdjective1. Of or relating to the spleen. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Relating or belonging to the spleen. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: SplenicSynonym: lienal (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Splenic |
| English words defined with "splenic": arteria celiaca, arteria gastrica breves, arteria pancreatica ♦ celiac artery, celiac trunk ♦ Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen ♦ pancreatic artery, pancreatic vein ♦ short gastric artery, Splenical ♦ truncus celiacus ♦ vasa brevis, venae pancreatica. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "splenic": Amifostine ♦ Spleen Focus-Forming Viruses, Splenorenal Shunt, Surgical. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "splenic": Gastrosplenic. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Splenic" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (splenetic, splenic). |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | More research is needed to determine the child at risk for splenic sequestration crises. (references) | |
Acute splenic sequestration crisis, another catastrophic event, also contributes to mortality in infancy. (references) | ||
Patients with thrombocytopenia resulting from platelet destruction or splenic pooling may require more intensive transfusion therapy than those with marrow hypoplasia. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Splenic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Splenic" is used about 70 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 70 | 39,981 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "splenic": splenic apoplexy ♦ Splenic Artery ♦ splenic fever ♦ Splenic Flexure Syndrome ♦ Splenic Infarction ♦ Splenic Neoplasms ♦ Splenic Vein. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "splenic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shpretke, i shpretkës (splenetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | طحالي ذو علاقة بالطحال, التهاب الطحال. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разположен в далака, далачен (splenetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 脾脏 (milt, spleen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | slezinový. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | splenium- (lienal), splenisk (lienal), milt- (lienal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | met betrekking tot het splenium corporis callosi (lienal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pernarutto (anthrax), paise (abscess, boil), lumbaalipunktio (lumbar splenic puncture, sternal puncture), lannepisto (lumbar splenic puncture, sternal puncture), karbunkkeli (anthrax, charbon, milzbrand, splenic fever), anthrax (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever), akuutti pernatuumori (acute splenic tumor), ajospahka (anthrax, charbon, milzbrand, splenic fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | splénique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Milz (milt, spleen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σπληνόσ, σπληνικόσ (splenetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lép- (splenetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | splenico (splenetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ahleagh (splenetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enicsplay esplênico. (various references) splenic (splenetic). (various references) селезеночный. (various references) slezinski (splenetic). (various references) esplénico (splenetic). (various references) splenomegal leukemi (splenic leukemia), spinalpunktion (lumbar splenic puncture, sternal puncture), mjältbrand (anthrax), lumbalpunktion (lumbar splenic puncture, sternal puncture), leukemi med splenomegali (splenic leukemia), antrax (anthrax, Bacillus anthracis infection, charbon, Milzbrand, splenic fever), akut splenomegali (acute splenic tumor). (various references) dalaktaki, dalak (spleen, splenetic). (various references) селезінковий, що ма" хвору селезінку, дразливий (choleric, crabby, crusty, fractious, huffish, pettish, quick tempered, sore, techy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "splenic" (pronounced sple"nik or splē"nik) |
| 4 | -e" n i k | calisthenic, carcinogenic, eugenic, hallucinogenic, orogenic, pathogenic, photogenic, psychogenic, schizophrenic, telegenic, transgenic. |
| 3 | -n i k | allophonic, arsenic, avionic, beatnik, botanic, bubonic, catatonic, chronic, clinic, conic, cynic, demonic, diatonic, Dominick, electronic, embryonic, ethnic, galvanic, ganglionic, germanic, gnomonic, harmonic, hedonic, hegemonic, histrionic, hydroponic, hypersonic, hypertonic, inorganic, ionic, ironic, isoelectronic, isotonic, kibbutznik, laconic, leptonic, manic, masonic, mechanic, messianic, microelectronic, mnemonic, monoclinic, monophonic, multiethnic, neotenic, nucleonic, oceanic, organic, ovonic, panic, pharaonic, philharmonic, phonic, planktonic, platonic, plutonic, pneumonic, polyphonic, polytechnic, pyrotechnic, refusenik, sardonic, satanic, scenic, sonic, Sputnik, supersonic, symphonic, synchronic, technic, tectonic, telephonic, Titanic, tonic, transoceanic, tunic, tympanic, ultrasonic, volcanic. |
| 4 | -ē" n i k | neotenic, scenic. |
| 3 | -n i k | allophonic, arsenic, avionic, beatnik, botanic, bubonic, calisthenic, carcinogenic, catatonic, chronic, clinic, conic, cynic, demonic, diatonic, Dominick, electronic, embryonic, ethnic, eugenic, galvanic, ganglionic, germanic, gnomonic, hallucinogenic, harmonic, hedonic, hegemonic, histrionic, hydroponic, hypersonic, hypertonic, inorganic, ionic, ironic, isoelectronic, isotonic, kibbutznik, laconic, leptonic, manic, masonic, mechanic, messianic, microelectronic, mnemonic, monoclinic, monophonic, multiethnic, nucleonic, oceanic, organic, orogenic, ovonic, panic, pathogenic, pharaonic, philharmonic, phonic, photogenic, planktonic, platonic, plutonic, pneumonic, polyphonic, polytechnic, psychogenic, pyrotechnic, refusenik, sardonic, satanic, schizophrenic, sonic, Sputnik, supersonic, symphonic, synchronic, technic, tectonic, telegenic, telephonic, Titanic, tonic, transgenic, transoceanic, tunic, tympanic, ultrasonic, volcanic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pencils. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-l-n-p-s" | |
-1 letter: clines, pencil, pensil, spinel, splice, spline. | |
-2 letters: ceils, cines, cline, clips, epics, lenis, liens, lines, peins, penis, piles, pines, plies, sepic, since, slice, slipe, snipe, speil, spice, spiel, spile, spine. | |
-3 letters: ceil, cels, ceps, cine, clip, epic, ices, isle, leis, lens, lice, lien, lies, line, lins, lipe, lips, lisp, nice, nils, nips, pecs. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-l-n-p-s" | |
+1 letter: capelins, panicles, pelicans, penicils, pinocles. | |
+2 letters: cephalins, cisalpine, complines, eclipsing, epsilonic, inclasped, insculped, manciples, pencilers, phenolics, picolines, pinnacles, pinochles, pliancies, replicons, speckling, splenetic. | |
+3 letters: analeptics, appliances, beclasping, campaniles, candlepins, cineplexes, clothespin, discipline, enclasping, escaloping, inculpates, necropolis, neoplastic, opalescing, opulencies, pencilings, percalines, pestilence, placidness, plasticene, plasticine, pleonastic, pleustonic, pluckiness, porcelains, preclusion, preslicing, princelets, principles, publicness, reclasping, resplicing, scaloppine, schlepping, spanceling, splenetics, suppliance. | |
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