Synonyms for spleen
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1. spleennoun

   Synonyms:
   milt

2. spleennoun

   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.

   Synonyms:
   milt

3. spleennoun

   A bad mood; spitefulness.

   Synonyms:
   milt

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1. spleen

   Synonyms:
   anger, annoyance, rancor, hypochondria, melancholy, irascibility, gall, vexation, ill-humor

   Antonyms:
   kindliness, benevolence, gratification, mirth, cheerfulness, geniality, high-spirits, gratulation, pacification

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1. spleen, liennoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   quick temper, irascibility, short temper, lien

2. irascibility, short temper, spleen, quick tempernoun

   a feeling of resentful anger

   Synonyms:
   quick temper, short temper, irascibility, lien

Matched Categories

1. • Lymphatic Tissue

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1. spleennoun

   Synonyms:
   (Anat.) milt

2. spleennoun

   Synonyms:
   anger, spite, animosity, gall, rancor, pique, malevolence, malignity, grudge, hatred, malice, ill humor, ill blood, bad blood

3. spleennoun

   Synonyms:
   melancholy, despondency, hypochondria, dejection, depression, dumps, megrims, the dismals, the blues, blue devils

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1. spleennoun

   Synonyms:
   milt, anger, spite, malice, choler, melancholy, depression

   Associated words:
   splenic, splenetic, splenography, splenology, splenotomy, splenitis, lienal, lienitis, splenalgia, splenocele, splenoid

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1. List of paraphrases for "spleen":

   splenic, rate

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1. Kirstie Wilson:

   The cancer had returned and despite several clear check-up smear tests, it had spread to my liver and spleen. Doctors believe my cancer wasn’t spotted on my smears as it was so small.

2. Melissa Ilardo:

   The spleen is a weird one, i hadn't really heard much about the spleen. I know that you can live without a spleen, so it was kind of like,' What is the spleen even doing ?'.

3. Danny Davis:

   The biggest thing they are worried about right now are the pressure spikes in her brain, they removed her spleen and had part of her pancreas removed, but none of that should keep her from functioning normally.

4. Gail Demmler:

   CMV can affect the liver the spleen the bone marrow, lungs, heart, but the most devastating thing it can do is damage the brain, it causes brain damage, vision impairment, hearing loss … but it can affect any organ system.

5. Colin Crooks:

   There is some evidence that in some patients with untreated celiac disease the spleen does not work as well, which is important in fighting certain infections.