splenopancreas

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noun

The conjoined spleen and pancreas in most snakes

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Meanings

noun
  1. The conjoined spleen and pancreas in most snakes
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    Aseptic procedures were used to collect fresh tissue samples from the nasolabial pits and skin lesions for fungal culture and qPCR. Another set of tissues (head, skin lesions, lung, liver, splenopancreas, kidney, and intestine) were collected and placed in 10% neutral buffered formalin for histopathologic examination.

    2015 October 16, “Development of Snake Fungal Disease after Experimental Challenge with Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in Cottonmouths ( Agkistrodon piscivorous )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From spleno- + pancreas.

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splenopancreas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splenopancreas

MLA

“splenopancreas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splenopancreas. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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