Usually means: Surgical incision into the spleen.
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  1. splenotomy: Wordnik
  2. splenotomy: Wiktionary
  3. splenotomy: Dictionary.com
  4. Splenotomy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. splenotomy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Splenotomy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. splenotomy: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Splenotomy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. splenotomy: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (splenotomy)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) dissection of, incision into, or anatomy of the spleen.
▸ noun:  (dated, medicine) splenectomy

Similar:
splenectomy, splenorrhaphy, splenopancreatectomy, splenopexy, dissection, pancreaticosplenectomy, splenocele, splanchnotomy, pancreatosplenectomy, splenium, more...

Opposite:
spleen preservation, spleen conservation

Types:
partial, total, subtotal, more...

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Similar:
splenectomy, splenorrhaphy, splenopancreatectomy, splenopexy, dissection, pancreaticosplenectomy, splenocele, splanchnotomy, pancreatosplenectomy, splenium, more...

Opposite:
spleen preservation, spleen conservation

Types:
partial, total, subtotal, more...



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