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Uncommonspleen
The correct spelling is spleen.
How to pronounce spleen
/spliːn/
nounIPA: /spliːn/
Say it like: Spl-een
The correct spelling is spleen. 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 bloo…
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Meanings
noun
- 1.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.
- 2.(except in the set phrase "to vent one's spleen") A bad mood; spitefulness.
- 3.A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
- 4.Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
- 5.A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
verb
- 1.To dislike.
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