SPLENECTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does splenectomy mean? 

• SPLENECTOMY (noun)
  The noun SPLENECTOMY has 1 sense:

1. surgical removal of the spleen

  Familiarity information: SPLENECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPLENECTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical removal of the spleen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("splenectomy" is a kind of...):

ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)

 Context examples 

Condition characterized by splenomegaly, some reduction in the number of circulating blood cells in the presence of a normal or hyperactive bone marrow, and the potential for reversal by splenectomy.

(Hypersplenism, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

They are seen in thalassemias, enzymopathies, hemoglobinopathies, and after splenectomy.

(Heinz Body, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

C. canimorsus can be transmitted to humans through dog or cat bites where the bacteria causes septicemia and meningitis in humans particularly individuals that have undergone a splenectomy or alcoholism.

(Capnocytophaga canimorsus, NCI Thesaurus)