Medical Definition of Asplenia

1. Congenital absence of the spleen. Functional asplenia, absence of splenic function due to spontaneous infarction of the spleen, as occurs in sickle cell anaemia. Produces Heinz and Howell-Jolly bodies in the blood. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asplenia

aspire
aspired
aspirer
aspirers
aspires
aspirin
aspirin
aspiring
aspiring(a)
aspiring(p)
aspirins
aspirin powder
Aspis
aspises
aspish
asplenia (current term)
Aspleniaceae
asplenia syndrome
asplenic
Asplenium
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Asplenium billotii
Asplenium bradleyi
Asplenium ceterach
Asplenium montanum
Asplenium nidus
Asplenium nigripes
Asplenium pinnatifidum
Asplenium platyneuron
Asplenium rhizophyllum

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