congestive splenomegaly
1congestive splenomegaly — enlargement of the spleen secondary to portal hypertension, with ascites, anemia, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, and episodic hemorrhage from the gastrointestinal tract. Called also Banti disease and splenic anemia …
2splenomegaly — /splee neuh meg euh lee, splen euh /, n. Pathol. enlargement of the spleen. Also, splenomegalia /splee noh meuh gay lee euh, gayl yeuh, splen oh /. [1895 1900; SPLENO + MEGALY] * * * ▪ pathology enlargement of the spleen, the abdominal… …
3splenomegaly, splenomegalia — Enlargement of the spleen. SYN: megalosplenia. [spleno + G. megas (megal ), large] congestive s. enlargement of the spleen due to passive congestion; sometimes used as a synonym for Banti …
4splenic anemia — congestive splenomegaly …
5Banti disease — congestive splenomegaly …
6syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …
7Cirrhosis — Classification and external resources A person with massive ascites and caput medusae due to cirrhotic liver failure ICD 10 K …
8body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the …
9fibrocongestive — Term sometimes used to indicate the general condition of an organ or tissue in which acute or chronic, persistent congestion has resulted in degeneration and necrosis of cells and replacement with connective tissue elements, as in …
10Banti disease — Ban·ti disease (bahnґte) [Guido Banti, Italian pathologist, 1852–1925] congestive splenomegaly …
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