spleen
IPA: spɫˈin
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.
- (archaic, except in the set phrase "to vent one's spleen") A bad mood; spitefulness.
- (obsolete, rare) A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
- (obsolete) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
- A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
verb
- (obsolete, transitive) To dislike.
- To annoy or irritate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To complain; to rail; to vent one's spleen.
- To remove the spleen, or, by extension, to gore.
- To excise or remove.
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Examples of "spleen" in Sentences
- He knows the purpose of the spleen.
- The liver and spleen are enlarged, especially the liver.
- The spleen is an organ located in the abdomen of the human body.
- Enlargement of the liver and spleen causes the abdomen to distend.
- The target organs for polonium in humans are the spleen and liver.
- The spleen is the largest collection of lymphoid tissue in the body.
- Typically the density of the spleen and liver are roughly equivalent.
- Symptoms progress to delirium and the spleen and liver enlarge if untreated.
- The surface of the spleen is examined for evidence of laceration and fracture.
- He lost a kidney, lacerated his spleen, and lost a significant amount of blood.