The Susquehanna River (/ËsÊskwÉËhÃ¦nÉ/; Lenape: SiskÃ«wahane) is a major river located in the northeastern United States. At 464 miles (747 km) long, it is the longest river on the American east coast that drains into the Atlantic Ocean. With its watershed, it is the 16th-largest river in the United States, and the longest river in the continental United States without commercial boat traffic today.
â¢ HYPERSPLENISM (noun). The noun HYPERSPLENISM has 1 sense: 1. enlarged spleen and a decrease in one or more types of blood cells; associated with many disorders. Familiarity information: HYPERSPLENISM used as a noun is very rare. HYPERSPLENISM (noun). The noun HYPERSPLENISM has 1 sense: 1. enlarged spleen and a decrease in one or more types of blood cells; associated with many disorders. Familiarity information: HYPERSPLENISM used as a noun is very rare.
hypertrophy. increase in volume of a tissue or organ produced entirely by enlargement of existing cells. See also hyperplasia and proliferation. adj., adj hypertroÂ´phic. asymmetrical septal hypertrophy. 1. hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.2. the term is sometimes limited to cases of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in which the hypertrophy is localized to the interventricular septum. See also hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. a hypertrophy denotes an increase in the size or number of constituent fibers of a muscle. Any other condition such as inflammation, tumor, and fatty infiltration that increases the size of a muscle is called. pseudohypertrophy. True or physiologic hypertrophy results from excessive activity of muscle.