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spleen noun

  /spliːn/
  • (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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  • (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. Compare gall.
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spleen noun {m}

  /splin/
spleen, grudge
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