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splenocleisis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /spliːnəʊklaɪsɪs/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) 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: