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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.

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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. 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.
  11. 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