Definition of spleen

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Spleen (n.) A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the vascular system; the milt. Its exact function in not known.

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Anthrax :: Anthrax (n.) An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever..
Splenetic :: Splenetic (a.) Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
Spleen :: Spleen (n.) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
Spleen :: Spleen (n.) A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
Splenocele :: Splenization (n.) A morbid state of the lung produced by inflammation, in which its tissue resembles that of the spleen..
Spleenful :: Spleened (a.) Angered; annoyed.
Spleen :: Spleen (n.) Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen..
Spleened :: Spleen (v. t.) To dislke.
Spleen :: Spleen (n.) A fit of anger; choler.
Spleenwort :: Spleenless (a.) Having no spleen; hence, kind; gentle; mild..
Gastrosplenic :: Gastrosplenic (n.) Pertaining to the stomach and spleen; as, the gastrosplenic ligament..
Spleenless :: Spleenish (a.) Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful.
Splenotomy :: Splenology (n.) The branch of science which treats of the spleen.
Lardacein :: Lardacein (n.) A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc..
Leucocythemia :: Leucocythemia (n.) A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; leuchaemia..
Lienal :: Lienal (a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen; splenic.
Haemapoietic :: Haemapoietic (a.) Bloodforming; as, the haemapoietic function of the spleen..
Leucin :: Leucin (n.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance formed in the decomposition of albuminous matter by pancreatic digestion, by the action of boiling dilute sulphuric acid, and by putrefaction. It is also found as a constituent of various tissues and organs, as the spleen, pancreas, etc., and likewise in the vegetable kingdom. Chemically it is to be considered as amido-caproic acid..
Spleeny :: Spleenwort (n.) Any fern of the genus Asplenium, some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen..
Splenculi :: Splenalgia (n.) Pain over the region of the spleen.
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