spleen

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

And amid all the sturm und drang, each character projects onto the other a pent-up spleen of parent-child neuroses and unmet expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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

Since her diagnosis, Sian has been undergoing treatment to shrink her enlarged spleen and receiving weekly blood and platelet transfusions.

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026

Except for his enlarged spleen, a sign of a malaria infection, Guiteau's body revealed nothing unusual.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

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

Erewhon says the mix of uncooked beef livers, hearts, pancreases, kidneys and spleens swirling through the coconut cream in the beverage should not be considered “raw.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024

The examination revealed the elephants had enlarged livers and spleens, as well as internal bleeding in multiple organs—signs of septicemia.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 5, 2023

When the researchers transfused red blood cells into the animals, macrophages in their spleens gobbled cells that had been exposed to CpG-laden DNA, but ate fewer red blood cells that hadn’t encountered the DNA.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 19, 2021

These spleens were the size of a tangerine and were leathery.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston