ụma afō
NounNdebe script
Meanings
enlarged spleen; kind of abdominal disorder in children characterized by swelling of the spleen in the left side of the abdomen. It is felt to be round and hard when pressed. It is wrongly believed by many to be a living thing in the stomach which resembles a crab and walks up and down the stomach
Nounenlarged spleen (see afọ)
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Nwata ahụ na-arịa ụma afō ugbu a.
— That child has an enlarged spleen now.
Dọkịta lere ụma afō ya anya.
— The doctor examined his enlarged spleen.
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