| lien | An alternate term for spleen and more common to use spleno-. Lien accessorius: accessory spleen. Lien mobilis: floating spleen. Lien succenturiatus: accessory spleen. Origin: L. Lien (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lienal | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the spleen; splenic. Origin: L. Lien the spleen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lienal artery | <anatomy, artery> The largest branch of the coeliac trunk with distribution to the spleen, pancreas, stomach and greater omentum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lienculus | Origin: NL, dim. Of L. Lien the spleen. <anatomy> One of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighborhood of the spleen; an accessory or supplementary spleen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lienectomy | An obsolete term for splenectomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lieno-intestinal | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno-intestinal vein of the frog. Origin: l. Lien the spleen + E. Intestinal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lienomedullary | Synonym: splenomyelogenous. Origin: Lieno-+ G. Medulla, marrow (05 Mar 2000) |
| lienomyelogenous | Originating in the spleen and bone marrow, denoting a form of leukaemia. Synonym: lienomedullary, lienomyelogenous, splenomedullary. Origin: spleno-+ G. Myelos, marrow, + -gen, producing (05 Mar 2000) |
| lienopancreatic | Relating to the spleen and the pancreas. Synonym: lienopancreatic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lienophrenic ligament | <anatomy> A peritoneal fold (portion of the greater omentum) which extends from the diaphragm and the anterior aspect of the left kidney to the hilar region of the spleen, conducting the splenic vessels from the posterior body wall to the spleen. Synonym: ligamentum lienorenale, ligamentum phrenicolienale, ligamentum splenorenale, lienophrenic ligament, lienorenal ligament, ligamentum phrenicosplenicum, phrenicolienal ligament, phrenicosplenic ligament, phrenosplenic ligament, sustentaculum lienis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lienorenal | Synonym: splenorenal. Origin: Lieno-+ L. Ren, kidney (05 Mar 2000) |
| lienorenal ligament | <anatomy> A peritoneal fold (portion of the greater omentum) which extends from the diaphragm and the anterior aspect of the left kidney to the hilar region of the spleen, conducting the splenic vessels from the posterior body wall to the spleen. Synonym: ligamentum lienorenale, ligamentum phrenicolienale, ligamentum splenorenale, lienophrenic ligament, lienorenal ligament, ligamentum phrenicosplenicum, phrenicolienal ligament, phrenicosplenic ligament, phrenosplenic ligament, sustentaculum lienis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lienteric | <medicine> A lientery. Origin: L. Lientericus, Gr., cf. F. Lienterique. See Lientery. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lienteric diarrhoea | Diarrhoea in which undigested food appears in the stools. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lientery | <medicine> A diarrhea, in which the food is discharged imperfectly digested, or with but little change. Origin: Gr.; smooth, soft + an intestine: cf. F. Lienterie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |