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SPLENECTOMY

check date: 10/06/2002
checker: Pamela
origination date: 10/06/2002
originator: Pamela
subject field: medicine: treatment

Conceptual Structures
ISASURGERY-BY-BODY-PART-REMOVED
ANCESTORSALL
CANCER-MEDICAL-SERVE
CANCER-TREATMENT
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
MEDICAL-SERVE
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
SURGERY
SURGERY-BY-BODY-PART-AFFECTED
SURGERY-BY-BODY-PART-REMOVED
TREATMENT-TO-ATTACK-CANCER
WORK-ACTIVITY

English
splenectomyreliability code: 10
term type: main entry term
number: singular
part of speech: noun
definition: surgical procedure involving the removal of the spleen. This is a treatment for lymphoma, leukemia or cancer of the spleen. (en)

Spanish
esplenectomíareliability code: 10
term type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
gender: feminine
definition: procedimiento quirúrgico que consiste en la extirpación del bazo. Es un tratamiento para el linfoma, la leucemia y el cáncer de bazo. (es)