splenic

• splenike (17th century), splenick (17th – 18th centuries)

From Latin splēnicus, from Ancient Greek σπληνικός (splēnikós, “of the spleen”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈspliːnɪk/, /ˈsplɛnɪk/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsplinɪk/, /ˈsplɛnɪk/
• Rhymes: -iːnɪk, -ɛnɪk

splenic (comparative more splenic, superlative most splenic)

1. Of, related to, or located near the spleen.
   • 1619, Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrim: Microcosmus, Or the Historie of Man:

     The Liuer by the splenike branch, transferreth them to the Serjeant of the scullery the Splene.

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Borrowed from French splénique.

splenic m or n (feminine singular splenică, masculine plural splenici, feminine and neuter plural splenice)

1. splenic