asplenia
(ă-splēn′ē-ă )

[ ¹an- + L. splen, spleen + -ia ]
Absence of the spleen.
PATIENT CARE
Patients with asplenia should be vaccinated against encapsulated bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumonia and Haemophilus influenzaetype b (Hib) to protect them from infection.
asplenic (ă-splēn′ik )


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Venes, Donald, editor. "Asplenia." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746531/all/asplenia.
Asplenia. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746531/all/asplenia. Accessed April 21, 2025.
Asplenia. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746531/all/asplenia
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