autosplenectomize
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From auto- + splenectomize or autosplenectomy + -ize.
Verb
[edit]autosplenectomize (third-person singular simple present autosplenectomizes, present participle autosplenectomizing, simple past and past participle autosplenectomized)
- (medicine, rare, often used in the past participle) To have a grossly shrunken and nonfunctional spleen as a result of repeated, disease-induced splenic infarctions.