splenization

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”) +‎ -ization.

Noun

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splenization (usually uncountable, plural splenizations)

  1. (medicine) A morbid state of the lung produced by inflammation, in which its tissue resembles that of the spleen.
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