spleen
noun
/spliːn/
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- (obsolete, rare) A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
- (obsolete) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
- A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
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Milz
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- (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. Commpare gall.
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Milz,
Groll,
Trübsinn
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