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- Spleen - n. - 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.
- Spleen - n. - Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen.
- Spleen - n. - A fit of anger; choler.
- Spleen - n. - A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
- Spleen - n. - Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
- Spleen - n. - A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
- Spleen - v. t. - To dislke.
- Spleened - a. - Deprived of the spleen.
- Spleened - a. - Angered; annoyed.
- Spleenful - a. - Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy.
- Spleenish - a. - Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful.
- Spleenless - a. - Having no spleen; hence, kind; gentle; mild.
- Spleenwort - n. - Any fern of the genus Asplenium, some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen.
- Spleeny - a. - Irritable; peevish; fretful.
- Spleeny - a. - Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy.
- Lieno-intestinal - a. - Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno-intestinal vein of the frog.
- Anthrax - n. - An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.
- Splenotomy - n. - An incision into the spleen; removal of the spleen by incision.
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