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asplenia syndrome(medicine)
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cranberry(dictionary)
cranberry(dictionary)
cranberry(encyclopedia)

asplenia syndrome (medicine) and cranberry (oh)


asplenia syndrome (medicine)


asplenia syndrome
<syndrome> Syndrome seen in patients who had no functional spleen, either due to surgical removal of disease (e.g., sickle cell anaemia); includes increased susceptibility to bacterial infection, especially pneumococcal infection.


cranberry (oh)



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[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Low German; Origin: kraanbere, from kraan 'crane' + bere 'berry'; because a part of the flower looks like a crane's beak]
a small red sour fruit
::cranberry sauce