Associations to the word «Spleen»
Noun
- Heart
- Congestion
- Epstein
- Appendix
- Capsule
- Bruise
- Receptor
- Enhancement
- Modality
- Bacterium
- Womb
- Mal
- Gale
- Disorder
- Serum
- Warmer
- Fusion
- Transplant
- Cholesterol
- Asthma
- Pathogen
- Prose
- Stool
- Cancer
- Sheath
- Toxicity
- Sore
- Injury
- Bourgeois
- Casablanca
- Tuberculosis
- Atrium
- Burner
- Examination
- Spindle
- Anatomy
- Fracture
- Paralysis
- Pain
- Yang
- Affect
- Joint
- Metabolism
- Fol
- Ulcer
- Vessel
- Virus
- Graft
- Duct
- Injection
- Contempt
- Patch
- Normal
- Pisum
- Cure
- Detecting
- Nerve
- Sulfur
- Bitterness
- Curvature
Adjective
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Adverb
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.
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