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spleen

[spleen] / splin /


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Future versions of the treatment could potentially be implanted in other locations, including the spleen or areas near the kidneys.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

A forensic pathologist in his office determined the infant died from a ruptured spleen and the pathologist said, in his opinion, that the cause of death was unrelated to measles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Normal old mice accumulated senescent neutrophils in the liver, spleen and bone marrow.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

Fox had had parts of his spleen, pancreas, and small and large intestine removed, and yet his tubes and catheter were out and he was already walking with a walker.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Moore signed a consent form saying the hospital could “dispose of any severed tissue or member by cremation,” and Golde removed his spleen.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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

But the team also examined the spleens of wild deer collected, over an eight-year period, by North Dakota game officials.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 5, 2021

They appeared to have died of heat stress, brought on, he suspected, by the problems with the heating system in the building—but their spleens were weirdly enlarged.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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