spleen — spleenish, adj. /spleen/, n. 1. 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 of worn out red blood cells, and as a… … Universalium
spleen — n. gland like organ near stomach, concerned in blood cell production; malice; anger. ♦ splenectomy, n. surgical removal of the spleen. ♦ splenetic, a. ill tempered; crabbed. ♦ splenic, a. pertaining to spleen. ♦ splenization, n.… … Dictionary of difficult words
Spleen — Infobox Anatomy Name = Spleen Latin = splen, lien GraySubject = 278 GrayPage = 1282 Caption = Spleen Caption2 = Laparoscopic view of a horse s spleen (the purple and grey mottled organ) Precursor = Mesenchyme of dorsal mesogastrium System =… … Wikipedia
spleen — /splin / (say spleen) noun 1. a highly vascular, gland like but ductless organ, situated in humans near the cardiac end of the stomach, in which the blood undergoes certain corpuscular changes; lien. 2. Obsolete this organ as supposed (variously) …
Le Spleen de Paris — also known as Paris Spleen or Petits Poèmes en prose , is a collection of 51 short prose poems by Charles Baudelaire.The collection was published in 1869, posthumously by his sister and it is related with the modernist literary movement.Baudelai … Wikipedia
Billy 'Bill-E' Spleen — Infobox character | name = Billy Spleen first = Lord Loss last = Demon Apocalypse alias = Bill E gender = Male family = Cal Grady (father, deceased) Emily Spleen (mother, deceased) Grubitsch Grubbs Grady (half brother) Gretelda Gret Grady (half… … Wikipedia
Sago spleen — Sago Sa go (s[=a] g[ o]), n. [Malay. s[=a]gu.] A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vent one’s spleen — tv. to release one’s anger. □ No need to vent your spleen at me. I wasn’t in on it. □ I just feel like I have to vent my spleen at somebody … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
splenoid — ˈsplēˌnȯid adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary splen + oid : resembling a spleen * * * ˈsplenoid, a. rare 0. [f. L. splēn spleen n.] ‘Spleen like; having the appearance of the spleen.’ in Imperial Dict … Useful english dictionary
Syk — Spleen tyrosine kinase, also known as SYK, is a human protein and gene.SYK, along with Zap 70, is a member of the Syk family of tyrosine kinases. These non receptor cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases share a characteristic dual SH2 domain separated by… … Wikipedia
, splēnós]–spleen´like´, adjective.