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SPLEEN


check date: 29/08/2001
checker: Pamela
subject field: medicine: body-part
origination date: 10/01/2001
originator: Carlos

Conceptual Structures
ISALYMPHATIC-ORGAN
PART-OF-HEMIC-AND-IMMUNE-SYSTEMS
ANCESTORSALL
ANIMAL-PART
ANIMATE
ANIMATE-PART
BODY-PART
INTERNAL-ANIMAL-PART
LYMPHATIC-ORGAN
OBJECT
PART-OF-HEMIC-AND-IMMUNE-SYSTEMS
PART-OF-LYMPHATIC-SYSTEM
PART-OF-PHYSIOLOGICAL-SYSTEM
PHYSICAL-OBJECT
SEPARABLE-ENTITY
RELATIONSBODY-PART-AFFECTED-BY : LIENOGRAM
    LIENOGRAPHY
PHYSIOLOGICAL-SYSTEM-AFFECTED-BY : LYMPHOID-LEUKEMIA
    MYELOID-LEUKEMIA


Spanish
bazoterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
gender: masculine
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: órgano blando y de forma oval situado en la parte frontal superior del abdomen, por encina del riñón. Almacena células sanguíneas y destruye los glóbulos rojos innecesarios. Produce linfocitos, monocitos y otras sustancias propias del sistema inmunitario. (en)

English
spleenterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: soft oval organ situated in the upper front part of the abdomen, above the left kidney. It stores blood cells and destroys unwanted red blood cells. It produces lymphocyes, monocytes and other substances required by the immunitary system. (en)