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splenectomy

/spli-nek-tuh-mee/US // splɪˈnɛk tə mi //UK // (splɪˈnɛktəmɪ) //

脾切除术,脾脏切除术,脾切除,脾切除手术

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural sple·nec·to·mies.Surgery.

    • : excision or removal of the spleen.

Examples

  • Cases of splenectomy of this kind are transitional to the chronic diseases of the spleen.

  • The cases are more frequent in which a splenectomy has been undertaken on account of disease of the spleen.

  • As no other symptoms appeared, the surgeon in charge proposed splenectomy, on the assumption of a pure splenic leukæmia.

  • The numbers we found in our blood investigations in man after splenectomy were also normal.

  • After splenectomy in rabbits the increase in these values is absent.