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hypersplenism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-per-splenism
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disorder in which abnormal spleen activity destroys blood cells.

Uncountable

Etymology

By surface analysis, hyper- + splen- + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hypersplenisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hypersplenic hypersplenomegaly splenomegaly

Synonyms

hypersplenia

Questions

What does hypersplenism mean?
A disorder in which abnormal spleen activity destroys blood cells.
Where does hypersplenism come from?
By surface analysis, hyper- + splen- + -ism.

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