Path. [a. F. splénisation or ad. mod.L. splēnisātio, f. splēn SPLEEN sb.] The conversion of substance into tissue resembling that of the spleen; esp. the diseased condition of the lungs when this has taken place; splenification.
1849. in Craig.
1862. H. W. Fuller, Dis. Chest, 220. The first [condition of the lungs] is that of engorgement or splenization.
1901. Osler, Princ. & Pract. Med., 11. Hypostatic congestion and the condition of the lung spoken of as splenization, are very common.
