Thesaurus: spleen

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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. n. Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen.
3. n. A fit of anger; choler.
4. n. A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
5. n. Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
6. n. A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
7. v. t. To dislke.
8. n. 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
9. n. a feeling of resentful anger
10. 1. (Anat.) 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. Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen. In noble minds some dregs remain, Not yet purged off, of spleen and sour disdain. Pope. 3. A fit of anger; choler. Shak. 4. A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim. [Obs. or R.] A thousand spleens bear her a thousand ways. Shak. 5. Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections. Bodies changed to various forms by spleen. Pope. There is a luxury in self-dispraise: And inward self-disparagement affords To meditative spleen a grateful feast. Wordsworth. 6. A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment. [Obs.] Thy silly thought enforces my spleen. Shak. To dislke. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.
11. A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomachor intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the vascularsystem; the milt. Its exact function in not known.
12. n:100 n. 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