autosplenectomize

English

Alternative forms

  • autosplenectomise

Etymology

From auto- +‎ splenectomize or autosplenectomy +‎ -ize.

Verb

autosplenectomize (third-person singular simple present autosplenectomizes, present participle autosplenectomizing, simple past and past participle autosplenectomized)

  1. (medicine, rare, often used in the past participle) To have a grossly shrunken and nonfunctional spleen as a result of repeated, disease-induced splenic infarctions.
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