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
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.
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