used as comb. form of L. liēn spleen, in adjs. signifying ‘pertaining to the spleen and —,’ as Lieno-gastric a., pertaining to the spleen and the stomach; Lieno-intestinal a., pertaining to the spleen and to the intestines.
1875. Huxley & Martin, Elem. Biol., 172. The system of the vena portæ formed by the union of two veins; one gastric..., the other lieno-intestinal.
1887. A. M. Marshall, Pract. Zool., 232. The lieno-gastric artery.
