hypersplenism

1. 1.

   enlarged spleen and a decrease in one or more types of blood cells; associated with many disorders

   Broadersymptom

Other forms of hypersplenism

plural

hypersplenisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hypersplenism

What does hypersplenism mean?

hypersplenism means "enlarged spleen and a decrease in one or more types of blood cells; associated with many disorders".

How many syllables are in hypersplenism?

hypersplenism has 4 syllables: hy-per-sple-nism. The stress falls on "per".

Is hypersplenism a common word?

hypersplenism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.