splenectomy

[ spli-nek-tuh-mee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Surgery.

, plural sple·nec·to·mies.

splenectomy

/ splɪˈnɛktəmɪ /

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

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

The cases are more frequent in which a splenectomy has been undertaken on account of disease of the spleen.

As no other symptoms appeared, the surgeon in charge proposed splenectomy, on the assumption of a pure splenic leukæmia.

The numbers we found in our blood investigations in man after splenectomy were also normal.

After splenectomy in rabbits the increase in these values is absent.

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