autosplenectomize
English
Alternative forms
- autosplenectomise
Etymology
auto- + splenectomize (the latter from splenectomy + -ize).
Verb
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.