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Spleen logo #10101) Abdominal organ 2) Anger 3) Bad temper 4) Bodily blood filter 5) Certain internal organ 6) Diaphragm neighbor 7) Ductless organ 8) French word used in English 9) Ill humor 10) Ill humor, or a bodily organ 11) Ill humour 12) Ill will 13) Inessential internal organ 14) Iron-recycling organ 15) It may be vented in anger
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Spleen logo #10101) Anger 2) Bile 3) Hate 4) Irascibility 5) Ire 6) Organ 7) Rage 8) Splen 9) Sullenness
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Spleen logo #21002• (n.) A fit of anger; choler. • (n.) A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment. • (n.) Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one`s spleen. • (n.) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections. • (n.) A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with th...
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Spleen logo #21003(from the article `Moore, Nicholas`) ...the Gentleman (1942), and The Glass Tower (1944). After editing poetry magazines in London, he wrote little until Resolution and Identity appeared ...
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spleen logo #21579An organ that is part of the lymphatic system. The spleen makes lymphocytes, filters the blood, stores blood cells, and destroys old blood cells. It is located on the left side of the abdomen near the stomach.
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spleen logo #21160A lymphatic organ that lies behind the stomach, high up on the left side of the abdomen, on a level with the ninth to eleventh ribs. The spleen of an adult human weighs about 170 grams (6 ounces), and is 13–15 cm (5–6 in.) long, 7.5 cm (3 in.) wide, and 4 cm (1.5 in.) thick. It is elonga...
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Spleen logo #20560Large organ on the left side of the body below the stomach. Its functions include helping to fight infection and removing old or damaged red blood cells from the circulation.
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Spleen logo #20906Large, solid organ responsible for the normal production and destruction of blood cells.
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spleen logo #20973<anatomy> An organ that produces lymphocytes, filters the blood, stores blood cells and destroys those that are aging. It is located on the left side of the abdomen near the stomach. ... (12 May 1997) ...
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spleen logo #21001(splēn) a large, glandlike, but ductless organ in the upper part of the abdominal cavity, surrounded by a dense capsule and located on the left side, beyond to the cardiac end of the stomach. It is the largest collection of reticuloendothelial cells in the body and is composed of spongelike tissue of two types: red...
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spleen logo #21447Gland-like but ductless organ located on the left side of the upper abdominal cavity, lateral to the cardiac region of the stomach. No natural "vent" is present.
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Spleen logo #20972Spleen noun [ Latin splen , Greek ............ the milt or spleen, affection of the spleen; confer Latin lien , plihan , plīhan .] 1. (Anat.) A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected w...
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Spleen logo #20972Spleen transitive verb To dislke. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hacket.
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Spleen logo #20907A gland situated near the stomach which filters bacteria from the blood.
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spleen logo #22229a part of lymphatic system, helps filter blood of bacteria and impurities
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spleen logo #21379Large abdominal organ that removes senescent (aged) red blood cells and foreign material from the bloodstream; an important component of the immune system.
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Spleen logo #24150A lymphoid organ in the abdominal cavity that is an important center for immune system activities.
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spleen logo #24151abdominal organ consisting of secondary lymphoid tissue that filters blood and captures pathogens and antigens that pass into it; also contains specialized macrophages and dendritic cells that are crucial for antigen presentation
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spleen logo #23968an organ on the left side of the abdomen, near the stomach. It produces some white blood cells, filters the blood, stores blood cells, and destroys old blood cells
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spleen logo #23421[Othello] (89) anger.
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Spleen logo #20753Body organ. Part of the lymphatic system. The spleen is on the left of the body, just under the diaphragm. It filters the blood, removing worn out red blood cells and stores red blood cells. It also contains lymph node tissue and many lymphocytes. The spleen is sometimes removed in Hodgkin's Disease. It is perfectly possible to live healthily witho...
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spleen logo #20974lien 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
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spleen logo #22445An organ in the abdomen that stores cells. The spleen can be removed if it is diseased.
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Spleen logo #23817anger, impulsiveness
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Spleen logo #23317an organ found on the left side of the abdomen, next to the stomach. Helps to make white blood cells that help fight infection and filters and cleanses the blood.
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