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hypersplenic

hypersplenic adjective: of, pertaining to, or (especially) having hypersplenism (overactivity of the spleen).

Adjective

hypersplenic (not generally comparable, comparative more hypersplenic, superlative most hypersplenic)

  1. (not comparable, usually) Of, pertaining to, or (especially) having hypersplenism (overactivity of the spleen).
    • hypersplenic neutropenia

Forms of hypersplenic

comparativemore hypersplenic
superlativemost hypersplenic

Origin of hypersplenic

By surface analysis, hyper- + splenic, or, by surface analysis, hypersplen(ism) + -ic.

Questions about hypersplenic

What does hypersplenic mean?
Hypersplenic means of, pertaining to, or (especially) having hypersplenism (overactivity of the spleen).
What part of speech is hypersplenic?
Hypersplenic is an adjective.

Words near hypersplenic in the dictionary

  1. hyperspiritualize
  2. hyperspiritualized
  3. hyperspiritualizes
  4. hyperspiritualizing
  5. hypersplenia
  6. hypersplenic
  7. hypersplenism
  8. hypersplenisms
  9. hypersplenomegalic
  10. hypersplenomegaly
  11. hypersplit

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