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Definition of Spleen
1. Noun. A large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses.
Generic synonyms: Lymphatic Tissue, Lymphoid Tissue
Terms within: Arteria Lienalis, Lienal Artery, Splenic Artery, Splenic Vein, Vena Lienalis
Group relationships: Lymphatic System, Systema Lymphaticum
Derivative terms: Lienal, Splenetic, Splenic
2. Noun. A feeling of resentful anger.
Generic synonyms: Bad Temper, Ill Temper
Derivative terms: Irascible, Irascible, Splenetic
Definition of Spleen
1. 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.
2. v. t. To dislke.
Definition of Spleen
1. 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. ¹
2. Noun. (archaic except in the set phrase ''"to vent one's spleen"'') A bad mood; spitefulness. ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To dislike. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spleen
1. a ductless organ of the body [n -S]
Medical Definition of Spleen
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Spleen
Literary usage of Spleen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lancet (1898)
"In the majority of cases, and especially in the soft tender enlargements, the
size of the spleen can be reduced very greatly and often brought back to ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1909)
"Halsted operated and found an enormously enlarged spleen in a condition of necrosis,
... He laid it open freely, and large necrotic masses of spleen tissue ..."
3. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1901)
"Fergusson found the spleen hanging from the wound and ligated it. ... Williams b
reports a stab-wound of the spleen in a negro of twenty-one. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"spleen, a vascular abdominal organ which, in man at least, is now generally
regarded by physiologists as forming one of the ductless glands, ..."
5. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1905)
"Halsted operated and found an enormously enlarged spleen in a condition of necrosis,
... He laid it open freely, and large necrotic masses of spleen tissue ..."
6. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1848)
"It reaches the fissure of the spleen, and divides into several branches that
enter the ... So called from its resemblance to the spleen of certam animals. ..."
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