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splenectomy (sple-nekĀ“tә-me) surgical removal of the spleen, done in cases of severe trauma or rupture to it; enlargement that has greatly increased the destructive properties of the organ; and such blood disorders as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and hereditary spherocytosis.
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