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Definition of spleens in English English dictionary
- plural of spleen
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- 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
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- {n} the milt, spite, anger, hip, melancholy
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- An organ on the left side of the abdomen near the stomach that plays an important role in immune system activities It produces lymphocytes, filters the blood, stores blood cells, and destroys those that are ageing It is part of the lymphatic system
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- Your spleen is an organ near your stomach that controls the quality of your blood
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- an organ in the abdominal cavity It is an important site of antibody production and like lymph nodes contains B-cells, T-cells and macrophages
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- Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen
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- Its exact function in not known
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- An organ in the body containing red blood cells Trained divers experience a contraction of the spleen allowing extra red blood cells to enter the circulatory system
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- A fit of anger; choler
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- A bad mood; spitefulness
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- Ductless organ lying to left of stomach
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- {i} organ which is located near the stomach and which filters and stores blood and produces white blood cells and destroys old red blood cells; bad temper, peevishness, spite; melancholy (Archaic)
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- A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment
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- Large, solid organ responsible for the normal production and destruction of blood cells
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- Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections
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- an organ of the lymphoid system located in the abdominal cavity The spleen is a reservoir for macrophages and is an important part of the immune system
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- The spleen is a large dark-red egg-shaped organ situated on the left side of the body below and behind the stomach It is a blood-forming organ in early life and a storage organ for red blood cells It also acts as a blood filter
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- An organ of the body in the left upper portion of the abdomen just under the left side of the diaphragm It contains clusters of lymphocytes and also filters the blood of old or worn out cells It is often affected in lymphocytic leukemias and lymphomas Enlargement of the spleen is referred to as “splenomegaly ” Removal of the spleen by surgery is referred to as “splenectomy ” Removal of the spleen is used to treat certain diseases Most of the functions of the spleen can be performed by other organs, such as the lymph nodes and liver
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- A highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction on worn-out red cells, and as a reservoir for blood
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- A lymphoid organ in the abdominal cavity that is an important center for immune system activities (Read about "The Spleen")
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- —An organ located in the upper left abdomen behind the ribs that removes and destroys old red blood cells and helps fight infection
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- responsible for the digestive system, blood production and circulation, water metabolism and concentration
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- A secondary lymphoid organ where old erythrocytes are destroyed and blood-borne antigens are trapped and presented to lymphocytes (See 708)
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- a feeling of resentful anger
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- An organ that is part of the lymphatic system The spleen 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
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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
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- A lymphoid organ in the abdominal cavity that is an important center for immune system activities
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- To dislke
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- An organ located in the left upper abdomen that removes old red blood cell and other blood cells from circulation The spleen can enlarge in a person who has cirrhosis
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- A large vascular organ which may increase in size with liver disease
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- A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim
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- an organ of the lymphoid system located in the abdominal cavity The spleen is a blood-producing organ in children, and stores and disposes of red blood cells and platelets throughout life The spleen is a reservoir for macrophages and is an important part of the immune system
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- Spleen is great and bitter anger. Paul Fussell's latest book vents his spleen against everything he hates about his country. Lymphoid organ, located in the left side of the abdomen behind the stomach. The spleen is the primary filtering element for the blood, and it is a storage site for red blood cells (erythrocytes) and platelets. It is one of four places where reticuloendothelial cells are found (see reticuloendothelial system). Two types of tissue, red pulp and white pulp, are intermixed. The white pulp is lymphoid tissue containing lymphocyte production centres. The red pulp is a network of channels filled with blood where most of the filtration occurs and is the major site of destruction of deteriorating erythrocytes and recycling of their hemoglobin. Both contain cells (see leukocyte) that remove foreign material and initiate an antibody-producing process. The spleen becomes enlarged in some infections. Its rupture in high-impact injuries may require surgical removal, which leaves the patient more susceptible to overwhelming infection
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- was once believed to be the seat of ill-humour and melancholy The herb spleenwort was supposed to remove these splenic disorders
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- 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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- an organ found on the left side of the abdomen, next to the stomach Makes white blood cells that help fight infection and filters and cleanses the blood
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- ~ An organ that houses blood cells
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- A dark red, oval organ in the upper left abdominal quadrant posterior The spleen removes old red blood cells from circulation
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- Organ that belongs to the Reticulo-endothelial, Hematological and Immune Systems Localized in the abdomen, opposite the liver, under the rib cage on the left side of the abdomen The spleen removes old or used and deformed blood cells including red cells, white cells, and platelets and generates a type of white cells, called "lymphocytes" which are responsible for the production of antibodies The spleen is connected to the Portal System which explains why it becomes larger when blood gets congested in the portal vein in the presence of cirrhosis or a clot
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- n Organ in the upper abdomen that makes lymphocytes (immune system cells) and filters old blood cells from the blood