1875 Huxley & Martin Elem. Biol. 172The system of the vena portæ formed by the union of two veins; one gastric.., the other lieno-intestinal.
1887 A. M. Marshall Pract. Zool. 232The lieno-gastric artery.
1887 G. D. Thane Ellis's DemonstrationsAnat. (ed. 10) viii. 475The peritoneum may be followed..to the outer part of the left kidney, where it is reflected along the back of the splenic vessels to the spleen, forming one layer of the lieno-renal ligament.
1932 W. Wright in E. P. Stibbe Pract. Anat. 301To the left it is closed by the gastro-splenic omentum, the spleen, and a fold passing from the spleen to the left kidney, the lieno-renal ligament. [ sc. the cavity]
1967 G. M. Wyburn et al.Conc. Anat. i. 32/2The lieno-renal ligament, which contains the splenic vessels.
lieno-
word-forming element meaning "spleen," from Latin lien "spleen" (see spleen).
ORIGIN: from Latin lien spleen: see -o- .
lieno-
Prefix
- anatomy spleen