autosplenectomize

verb

autosplenectomize

verb

Etymology From auto- + splenectomize or autosplenectomy + -ize.

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Medicine, Sciences Often, Rare, Used in the past participle To have a grossly shrunken and nonfunctional spleen as a result of repeated, disease-induced splenic infarctions.

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