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splenocleisis

US/spliːnəʊklaɪsɪs/

splenocleisis noun: closure of the spleen, surgical procedure that induces the formation of fibrous tissue on the surface of the spleen to create a closure.

Noun

splenocleisis (uncountable)

  1. Closure of the spleen, surgical procedure that induces the formation of fibrous tissue on the surface of the spleen to create a closure.
    • Splenocleisis (Schiassi) has been advised in splenic anemia.1916, Alexander Bryan Johnson, editor, Operative Therapeuses: Volume IV, D. Appleton and Company, page 315

Origin of splenocleisis

Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”) + Ancient Greek κλείσις (kleísis, “closure”). By surface analysis, spleno- + -cleisis.

Questions about splenocleisis

What does splenocleisis mean?
Splenocleisis means closure of the spleen, surgical procedure that induces the formation of fibrous tissue on the surface of the spleen to create a closure.
What part of speech is splenocleisis?
Splenocleisis is a noun.
How do you pronounce splenocleisis?
Splenocleisis is pronounced /spliːnəʊklaɪsɪs/ (US).

Words near splenocleisis in the dictionary

  1. splenization
  2. splenizations
  3. spleno-
  4. splenocele
  5. splenoceles
  6. splenocleisis
  7. splenocolic
  8. splenocyte
  9. splenocytes
  10. splenocytic
  11. splenodynia

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