asplenia

English

Etymology

a- +‎ spleno- +‎ -ia

Noun

asplenia (uncountable)

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

Hyponyms

• congenital asplenia (anatomical)
• acquired asplenia (either anatomical or physiological)

Derived terms

• asplenic

Related terms

• splenectomize
• splenectomy

Translations

absence of normal spleen function

• Arabic: اِنْعِْدَام الطِحَال m (inʕidām aṭ-ṭiḥāl)
• Armenian: անփայծաղություն (hy) (anpʻaycaġutʻyun), ասպլենիա (asplenia)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無脾／无脾 (wúpí), 無脾症／无脾症 (wúpízhèng)

• Dutch: asplenie f
• Finnish: asplenia
• French: asplénie (fr) f
• German: Asplenie f
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: iposplenismo, asplenia, alienia f
• Japanese: 無脾症 (むひしょう, muhishō)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: asplenia f
• Portuguese: asplenia f
• Russian: асплени́я (ru) f (aspleníja)
• Spanish: asplenia f
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• asplenia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• epinasal

Portuguese

Noun

asplenia f (uncountable)

1. asplenia (absence of normal spleen function)