splenocleisis

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US/spliːnəʊklaɪsɪs/

noun

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

OriginAncient Greek σπλήν →
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Meanings

nounsplenocleisis (uncountable)
  1. uncountableClosure 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

  1. Ancient Greekκλείσις“closure”
  2. Ancient Greekσπλήν“spleen”
  3. Englishsplenocleisis

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

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