splenectomy

[ spli-nek-tuh-mee ]

noun,plural sple·nec·to·mies.Surgery.
  1. excision or removal of the spleen.

Origin of splenectomy

1
First recorded in 1855–60; splen- + -ectomy

Words Nearby splenectomy

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How to use splenectomy in a sentence

  • Cases of splenectomy of this kind are transitional to the chronic diseases of the spleen.

    Histology of the Blood | Paul Ehrlich
  • The cases are more frequent in which a splenectomy has been undertaken on account of disease of the spleen.

    Histology of the Blood | Paul Ehrlich
  • As no other symptoms appeared, the surgeon in charge proposed splenectomy, on the assumption of a pure splenic leukæmia.

    Histology of the Blood | Paul Ehrlich
  • The numbers we found in our blood investigations in man after splenectomy were also normal.

    Histology of the Blood | Paul Ehrlich
  • After splenectomy in rabbits the increase in these values is absent.

    Histology of the Blood | Paul Ehrlich

British Dictionary definitions for splenectomy

splenectomy

/ (splɪˈnɛktəmɪ) /


nounplural -mies
  1. surgical removal of the spleen

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