Splenic Definition

Splenic Sentence Examples

• The splenic type is somewhat smaller than Wright's parasite; the former, when pear-shaped, is from 31 to 4 p..

• Rayer in 1850 and Davaine had observed the bacilli in the blood of animals dead of anthrax (splenic fever), and Pollender discovered them anew in 1855 In 1863, imbued with ideas derived from Pasteur's researches on fermentation, Davaine reinvestigated the matter, and put forth the opinion that the anthrax bacilli caused the splenic fever; this was proved to result from inoculation.

• For a sigmoid colectomy, the splenic flexure should be mobilized so that the transverse colon can be potentially brought down for the anastomosis.

• The colon then goes downhill via a bend called the splenic flexure.

• A diagnosis of splenic rupture should be considered in patients reporting left upper abdominal pain or shoulder tip pain.