See Also: Flyover Country(dictionary)
Big Country Health Centre(health)
North Country Hospital and Health Center(health)
flyover(dictionary)
Hegg Memorial Health Center Avera Health(health)
Divine Providence Health Center Avera Health(health)
Dells Area Health Center Avera Health(health)
up-country(dictionary)
up-country(dictionary)
country(dictionary)

Asplenic (health) and Flyover Country (oh)


Asplenic (health)


Pertaining to asplenia, the state of being without a spleen or without a functional spleen. The spleen can be functionally destroyed, as by inadequate oxygen supply in sickle cell disease.The spleen, an organ located in the upper left part of the abdomen near the stomach, produces lymphocytes, filters blood, serves as a major reservoir for blood and destroys blood cells that are aged. It also has an important function in the filtering, phagocytosis (ingestion and digestion) and removal of bacteria from the bloodstream. Asplenic patients run a significantly increased risk of severe sepsis (bloodstream infection).





Flyover Country (oh)



the middle part of the US, which some people consider to be boring and which they only see when they are flying over it in a plane between the east and west coasts - used humorously