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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathological Conditions, Anatomical > Hypertrophy > Splenomegaly

Preferred term

Splenomegaly  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Enlarged Spleen
  • Spleen, Enlarged

Note

  • do not confuse with HYPERSPLENISM, increase in splenic hemolytic function; IM only if point of article; do not index at all if the usual symptom of a disease; NIM if merely one of many symptoms in article

Scope note

  • Enlargement of the spleen.

In other languages

  • splenomegalia

    Finnish

  • megalosplenia
  • pernan suurentuma
  • pernan suurentuneisuus
  • suurentunut perna
  • suuripernaisuus
  • Mjältförstoring

    Swedish

  • Splenomegali

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013163

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