spleˈnectomizev. (transitive) to excise the spleen of (an animal or person).
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1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 522 Experiments on rabbits that had been splenectomised.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 528 Laudenbach found them in a splenectomised dog.