| GFFS | glycogen and fat-free solid |
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| GSC | gas-solid chromatography; gravity settling culture |
| LSC | late systolic click; left side colon cancer; left subclavian; lichen simplex chronicus; liquid scint... |
| SACH | small animal care hospital; solid ankle cushioned heel |
| SE | saline enema; sanitary engineering; side effect; smoke exposure; solid extract; sphenoethmoidal; spi... |
| renal surface of spleen | The surface of the spleen in contact with the left kidney. Synonym: facies renalis lienis, facies renalis splenis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ruptured spleen | Rupture of the capsule of the spleen, an organ in the upper left part of the abdomen, is a potential catastrophe that requires immediate medical and surgical attention. Splenic rupture permits large amounts of blood to leak into the abdominal cavity which is severely painful.and life-threatening. Shock and, ultimately, death can result. Patients typically require an urgent operation. Rupture of a normal spleen can be caused by trauma, for example, in an accident. If an individual's spleen is enlarged, as is frequent in mononucleosis, most physicians will not allow activities (such as major contact sports) where injury to the abdomen could be catastrophic. (12 Dec 1998) |
| colic surface of spleen | The surface of the spleen in contact with the colon. Synonym: facies colica splenis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sago spleen | Amyloidosis in the spleen affecting chiefly the malpighian bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hilum of spleen | A fissure on the gastric surface of the spleen, giving passage to the splenic vessels and nerves. Synonym: hilum splenicum, hilum lienis, porta lienis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| segments of spleen | Splenic territories receiving independent arterial supply or drained by independent roots of the splenic vein. Synonym: segmenta lienis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hot spleen | <radiology> Decreased liver uptake, liver disease (e.g., cirrhosis), shunting of portal venous blood, increased splenic uptake, haematopoietic disease, septicaemia, rheumatoid disorders, immunostimulation (tumour, Aldomet, IL-2) see: liver-spleen scan (12 Dec 1998) |
| spleen | <anatomy> An organ that produces lymphocytes, filters the blood, stores blood cells and destroys those that are aging. It is located on the left side of the abdomen near the stomach. (12 May 1997) |
| spleen cyst | <radiology> True cyst, congenital, epithelial lining, pseudocyst, four times more common than true cysts, no epithelial lining, with or without calcification in wall (especially with haematoma or echinococcus), associated with trauma in childhood, metastasis, abscess, echinococcal cyst (12 Dec 1998) |
| spleen deoxyribonuclease | Former name for micrococcal endonuclease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spleen endonuclease | micrococcal endonuclease |
| spleen focus-forming viruses | Murine leukaemia viruses that are replication-defective and rapidly transforming. The envelope gene plays an essential role in initiating erythroleukaemia, manifested by splenic foci, splenomegaly, and polycythemia. Spleen focus-forming viruses are generated by recombination with other viral types including friend p (polycythemia), friend a (anaemia), rauscher, and cas (from wild mice at lake casita, california). (12 Dec 1998) |
| spleen metastases | <radiology> Ovarian (most common), melanoma, pancreatic (12 Dec 1998) |
| spleen phosphodiesterases | micrococcal endonuclease |
| spleen, ruptured | Rupture of the capsule of the spleen, an organ in the upper left part of the abdomen, is a potential catastrophe that requires immediate medical and surgical attention. Splenic rupture permits large amounts of blood to leak into the abdominal cavity which is severely painful.and life-threatening. Shock and, ultimately, death can result. Patients typically require an urgent operation. Rupture of a normal spleen can be caused by trauma, for example, in an accident. If an individual's spleen is enlarged, as is frequent in mononucleosis, most physicians will not allow activities (such as major contact sports) where injury to the abdomen could be catastrophic. (12 Dec 1998) |