Definition of spleen

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Spleen (n.) Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen..

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Spleenish :: Spleenful (a.) Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy..
Spleen :: Spleen (n.) Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen..
Lienculus :: Lienculus (n.) One of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighborhood of the spleen; an accessory or supplementary spleen.
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..
Lieno-intestinal :: Lieno-intestinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno-intestinal vein of the frog..
Splenography :: Splenocele (n.) Hernia formed by the spleen.
Spleeny :: Spleenwort (n.) Any fern of the genus Asplenium, some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen..
Splenitis :: Splenish (a.) Spleenish.
Spleened :: Spleened (a.) Deprived of the spleen.
Spleen :: 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.
Splenotomy :: Splenology (n.) The branch of science which treats of the spleen.
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..
Spleen :: Spleen (n.) A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
Tyrosin :: Tyrosin (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance present in small amount in the pancreas and spleen, and formed in large quantity from the decomposition of proteid matter by various means, -- as by pancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as of cheese, by the action of boiling acids, etc. Chemically, it consists of oxyphenol and amidopropionic acid, and by decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, or some other benzol derivative..
Splenetical :: Splenetic (n.) A person affected with spleen.
Spleenful :: Spleened (a.) Angered; annoyed.
Milt :: Milt (n.) The spleen.
Spleenless :: Spleenish (a.) Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful.
Splenical :: Splenic (a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen; lienal; as, the splenic vein..
Splenoid :: Splenography (n.) A description of the spleen.
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