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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A fit of anger; choler. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. t. To dislke. Source: opted
  8. 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 Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. a feeling of resentful anger Source: wordnet
  10. 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. Source: webster
  11. 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. Source: adambom
  12. 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 Source: ecdict

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