† splenitic, a. Obs.
In 6 -ike, -ique, 7 -ick(e, -ic.
[var. of splenetic a. So obs. F. splenitique.]
Splenetic, splenic, in various senses.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens 6 The same..helpeth such as are splenitike. Ibid. 555 The young leaues..are very good also to be eaten of suche as be splenitique. 1661 J. Childrey Brit. Bacon 60 The Waters are so good for Splenitick Diseases. 1671 Salmon Syn. Med. iii. xxii. 434 It attenuates, opens, cleanses, is Diuretick and Splenitick. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. viii. 297 Bleeding must frequently be repeated in the splenitick Vein. |