Etymology

splenotoxin

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Today it means: Any substance that is toxic to the spleen. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σπλήν
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσπλήν“spleen”
  2. English todaysplenotoxin

From Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”) + toxin.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσπλήν all →

spleensplenectomysplenalgiasplenizationspleno-splenocleisissplenoid

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