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SPODOGENOUS

\spədˈɒd͡ʒənəs], \spədˈɒd‍ʒənəs], \s_p_ə_d_ˈɒ_dʒ_ə_n_ə_s]\

Definitions of SPODOGENOUS

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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sp[=o]-doj'e-nus, adj. caused by waste-products, applied esp. to an enlargement of the spleen caused by waste red blood-corpuscles. [Gr. spodos, ashes, gen[=e]s, producing.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

[Greek] Due to the presence of dust or foreign particles; as S. splenitis.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

Pertaining to or caused by waste matters in an organ. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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