splenii

Plural of splenius. splenisation, n. See splenization. spleniserrate (splē-ni-ser'āt), a. [ splenitic (sple-nitik), a. [ [NL., splen , σπληνίτις , fem. Inflammation of the spleen. splenitive (splen'i-tiv), a. [Also splenative, and formerly spleenative, spleenitive, splenetive; irreg. L. spl splen, spleen, + -it-ive.] -it-ive.] 1. That acts or is fitted to act on the spleen. Whereby my two cunning philosophers were driuen to studie Galen anew, and seeke splenative simples to purge their popular patients of the opinion of their olde traditions and customes. Nashe, Pierce Penile e, p. 73. 2. Splenetic; fiery; pa ionate; irritable. For, though I am not splenitive and rash, Yet have I something in me dangerous, Which let thy wisene fear. Shak., Hamlet, v. 1. 284. splē'ni-um), n.; pl. splenia (-a). splenium (splē [NL., σπληνίον , a bandage, compre .] In an at ., the thickened and rounded free border in which the corpus callosum ends behind. Also called pad . See cut I. under cerebral . splenius (splē'ni-us), n.; pl. splenii (-1). [NL. (sc. musculus ), σπληνίου , a bandage, com- pre .] A broad muscle, extending from the upper part of the thorax, on the back and side Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 168. of the neck, beneath the trapezius. In man the 2. A person affected with spleen. The Spleneticks speak just as the Weather lets 'em They are mere talking Barometers. Steele, Tender Husband, iii. 1. [