English Explanatory Dictionary

asplenia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Absence of normal function of the spleen, from any cause:
  2. Anatomical absence of the spleen (after splenectomy or congenitally).
  3. Physiological absence of splenic function; either substantial or total splenic dysfunction; splenic nonfunction.

Word forms

asplenia

Etymology

From a- + splen- + -ia.

Related words

splenectomize splenectomy

Derived words

asplenic

Translations

Arabic: اِنْعِْدَام الطِحَال Armenian: անփայծաղություն Armenian: ասպլենիա Chinese Mandarin: 無脾 /无脾 Chinese Mandarin: 無脾症 /无脾症 Dutch: asplenie Finnish: asplenia French: asplénie German: Asplenie Indonesian: asplenia Italian: iposplenismo Italian: asplenia Italian: alienia Japanese: 無脾症 Korean: 무비증 Polish: asplenia Portuguese: asplenia Russian: асплени́я Spanish: asplenia
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