Spleen

splēn, n. a soft, pulpy, blood-modifying gland near the large extremity of the stomach, supposed by the ancients to be the seat of anger and melancholy—hence spite: ill-humour: melancholy.— adj. Spleen′ful , displaying spleen, angry, fretful.— adv. Spleen′fully .— adj. Spleen′ish , affected with spleen, fretful, peevish.— adv. Spleen′ishly , in a spleenish manner.— ns. Spleen′ishne , the state of being spleenish; Spleen′-stone , jade or nephrite; Spleen′wort , any fern of the genus Asplenium .— adj. Spleen′y ( Shak. ), spleenish.— ns. Splēnal′gia , pain in the region of the spleen; Splen′cule , Splen′cūlus , a supplementary spleen; Splēnec′tomist , one who excises the spleen; Splēnec′to my , excision of the spleen; Splēnectō′pia , displacement of the spleen; Splēn′etic , a splenetic person.— adjs. Splēnet′ic , -al , affected with spleen: peevish: melancholy.— adv. Splēnet′ically .— adj. Splen′ic , pertaining to the spleen.— n. Splēnisā′tion , a diseased condition of the lung, in which its ti ue resembles that of the spleen, in softne , .— adj. Splēnit′ic .— n. Splēnī′tis , inflammation of the spleen.— adj. Splen′itive , full of spleen, pa ionate, irritable.— ns. Splen′ocele , a splenic tumour; Splēnog′raphy , the description of the spleen.— adjs. Splē′noid , like the spleen; Splēnolog′ical .— ns. Splēnol′ogy , knowledge about the spleen; Splēnop′athy , disease of the spleen; Splēnot′omy , splenological anatomy.— Splenic fever (see Anthrax ). [L. splen —Gr. splēn .]