autosplenectomize

== English == === Alternative forms === autosplenectomise === Etymology === From auto- +‎ splenectomize or autosplenectomy +‎ -ize. === Verb === autosplenectomize (third-person singular simple present autosplenectomizes, present participle autosplenectomizing, simple past and past participle autosplenectomized) (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.