spleen
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Her spleen had to be removed, leaving her vulnerable to infection.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Problems were seen in iron recycling within the spleen and in the normal functioning of the lungs, intestines and kidneys.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2026
Kala-azar is spread by sandflies and is one of the most dangerous neglected tropical diseases, with a fatality rate of 95 percent if untreated, causing fever, weight loss, and enlargement of the spleen and liver.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
Agnes cares for her second daughter so devoutly that her worry can’t help but portend tragedy, and Zhao and O’Farrell’s foreshadowing is as subtle as a sword to the spleen.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025
There followed, of course, the usual gallbladder, spleen, and kidney operations.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
They were looking at “scurfy” mice; males are unexpectedly born with flaky skin and enlarged spleens and only live for a few weeks, because their organs are attacked by their own immune cells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
People without spleens are more susceptible to severe bacterial infections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
Yet this bedrock right to vent our spleens against officials is now being challenged.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2021
In his barn this winter, Lundgren has been compiling some of the newest evidence—data suggesting that a significant number of wild deer in the upper Midwest have neonics in their spleens.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 5, 2021
These spleens were the size of a tangerine and were leathery.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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