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(medicine, rare, often used in the past participle) To have a grossly shrunken and nonfunctional spleen as a result of repeated, disease-induced splenic infarctions..
Use autosplenectomize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Autosplenectomize means (medicine, rare, often used in the past participle) To have a grossly shrunken and nonfunctional spleen as a result of repeated, disease-induced splenic infarctions..
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Use autosplenectomize where its definition matches the intended context.
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