"splenectomy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: splenectomies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛktəmi Etymology: From Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”) + -ectomy. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|σπλήν||spleen}} Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”), {{suffix|en||ectomy}} + -ectomy Head templates: {{en-noun}} splenectomy (plural splenectomies)
  1. (surgery) The surgical removal of the spleen. Wikipedia link: splenectomy Categories (topical): Surgery Derived forms: splenectomize Related terms: asplenia, asplenic Translations (surgical removal of the spleen): спленектомия (splenektomija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 脾切除術 (Chinese Mandarin), 脾切除术 (píqiēchúshù) (Chinese Mandarin), ހުންކޮށި ނެގުން (hun̊koṣi negun̊) (Dhivehi), splenectomie [feminine] (Dutch), pernanpoistoleikkaus (Finnish), splénectomie [feminine] (French), Splenektomie [feminine] (German), Milzentfernung [feminine] (German), szplenektómia (Hungarian), lépeltávolítás (Hungarian), lépműtét (Hungarian), splenectomia [feminine] (Italian), 脾臓摘出術 (hizoutekishutsujutsu) (alt: ひぞうてきしゅつじゅつ) (Japanese), спленэктомия (splenéktomiä) (Kazakh), splenektomi (Norwegian), splenektomia [feminine] (Polish), esplenectomia [feminine] (Portuguese), splenectomie [feminine] (Romanian), спленэктоми́я (splenɛktomíja) [feminine] (Russian), esplenectomía [feminine] (Spanish), alispali (Tagalog)

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