asplenia; asplenia syndrome
Medical term for the congenital absence of the spleen, often associated with complex heart defects and heterotaxy.
Patients with asplenia syndrome are at high risk of infections.
Asplenia syndrome is often accompanied by congenital heart disease.
Compound of 無脾 (むひ, 'without spleen') + 症候群 (しょうこうぐん, 'syndrome'). A modern medical coinage.