splenization

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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.