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asplenia

asplenia noun: anatomical absence of the spleen (after splenectomy or congenitally).

Noun

asplenia (uncountable)

  1. Anatomical absence of the spleen (after splenectomy or congenitally).
  2. Physiological absence of splenic function; either substantial or total splenic dysfunction; splenic nonfunction.

asplenia meaning in Arabic and Indonesian

asplenia in Arabic

absence of normal spleen function
اِنْعِْدَام الطِحَال inʕidām aṭ-ṭiḥāl

asplenia in Indonesian

absence of normal spleen function
asplenia

Origin of asplenia

From a- + splen- + -ia.

Words formed from asplenia

Questions about asplenia

What does asplenia mean?
Asplenia means anatomical absence of the spleen (after splenectomy or congenitally).
What is asplenia in Arabic?
Asplenia in Arabic is اِنْعِْدَام الطِحَال (inʕidām aṭ-ṭiḥāl). See Asplenia meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is asplenia?
Asplenia is a noun.

Words near asplenia in the dictionary

  1. aspish
  2. ASPL
  3. asplanchnic
  4. Aspland
  5. asplasia
  6. asplenia
  7. aspleniaceous
  8. asplenic
  9. asplenics
  10. asplenism
  11. asplenium

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