splenectomy
Americannoun
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splenectomies
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noun
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One patient, Mariah Jacqueline Scott, 32, who lives in Highland Park, N.J., has had two hip replacements, two shoulder replacements, a splenectomy, a gall bladder removal and a tonsillectomy because of the disease.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
“People carried him by hand for more than 1 kilometer. We did a splenectomy and he has a bowel injury. We hope he will make it,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2023
Our rescue hound takes prescription medications to manage an autoimmune skin disease triggered by a May splenectomy.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2022
I've had my scar for 47 years, in the same place as Mr. Petrow's but mine is from an exploratory laparotomy plus splenectomy.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2017
The spleen is not an indispensable, vitally important organ for the guinea-pig, since that animal bears splenectomy without loss of health, developes normally, and gains well in weight.
From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by W. Myers
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