splenectomy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”) +‎ -ectomy.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛktəmi

Noun

splenectomy (plural splenectomies)

1. (surgery) The surgical removal of the spleen.

Derived terms

• splenectomize

Related terms

• asplenia
• asplenic

Translations

surgical removal of the spleen

• Bulgarian: спленектомия f (splenektomija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脾切除術／脾切除术 (píqiēchúshù)

• Dhivehi: ހުންކޮށި ނެގުން (hun̊koṣi negun̊)
• Dutch: splenectomie (nl) f
• Finnish: pernanpoistoleikkaus
• French: splénectomie (fr) f
• German: Splenektomie (de) f, Milzentfernung f
• Hungarian: szplenektómia, lépeltávolítás, lépműtét
• Italian: splenectomia (it) f
• Japanese: 脾臓摘出術 (ひぞうてきしゅつじゅつ, hizoutekishutsujutsu)
• Kazakh: спленэктомия (splenéktomiä)
• Norwegian: splenektomi
• Polish: splenektomia (pl) f
• Portuguese: esplenectomia f
• Romanian: splenectomie (ro) f
• Russian: спленэктоми́я f (splenɛktomíja)
• Spanish: esplenectomía f
• Tagalog: alispali