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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