See Also: tropical splenomegaly(medicine)
tropical splenomegaly syndrome(medicine)
slave labour(dictionary)
tropical medicine(medicine)
tropical medicine(encyclopedia)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Splenomegaly(medicine)
Splenomegaly(health)
congestive splenomegaly(medicine)
Egyptian splenomegaly(medicine)

tropical splenomegaly syndrome (medicine) and slave labour (oh)


tropical splenomegaly syndrome (medicine)


tropical splenomegaly syndrome -->
hyperreactive malarious splenomegaly


A syndrome characterised by persistent splenomegaly, exceptionally high serum IgM and malaria antibody levels, and hepatic sinusoidal lymphocytosis; believed to be a disturbance in the T-lymphocyte control of the humoral response to recurrent malaria.

Synonym: tropical splenomegaly syndrome.


slave labour (oh)



BrE slave labor AmE n [U]
work done by slaves, or the people who do this work
informal work for which you are paid an unfairly small amount of money