meaning of spleen
1. 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.
2. Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent ones spleen.
3. A fit of anger; choler.
4. A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
5. Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
6. A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
7. To dislke.
8. a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
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spleen | spleened | spleenful | spleenish | spleenless | spleenwort | spleeny |
