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Associations to the word «Spleen»

Wiktionary

SPLEEN, noun. (anatomy) (immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
SPLEEN, noun. (archaic) (except in the set phrase "to vent one's spleen") A bad mood; spitefulness.
SPLEEN, noun. (obsolete) (rare) A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
SPLEEN, noun. (obsolete) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
SPLEEN, noun. A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
SPLEEN, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To dislike.

Dictionary definition

SPLEEN, noun. 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.
SPLEEN, noun. A feeling of resentful anger.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats