spleen

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

spleens

1.
(countable, uncountable)(anatomy, immunology) 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.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)(archaic, except in the set phrase "to vent one's spleen") A bad mood; spitefulness. Compare gall.
3.
(countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable)A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
4.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
5.
(countable, uncountable)A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

spleens

V_ing/Gerund

spleening

V_ed/pp

spleened

1.
(obsolete, transitive)To dislike.
2.
To annoy or irritate.
3.
(ambitransitive)To complain; to rail; to vent one's spleen.
4.
To remove the spleen, or, by extension, to gore.
5.
To excise or remove.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

lien milt

Cùng gốc / liên quan

antispleenspleenish unspleenedsago spleenspleenful spleenlessspleenlikespleenwort spleenyaccessory spleenvent one's spleenspleen stonesugar-coated spleenwandering spleenwaxy spleen

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English splene, splen, from espleen and Old French esplein, esplen, from Latin splēn (milt), from Ancient Greek σπλήν (the spleen). lien. Partially displaced the native English term milt.