Spleen
41spleen — [[t]spli͟ːn[/t]] spleens 1) N COUNT Your spleen is an organ near your stomach that controls the quality of your blood. 2) N UNCOUNT: usu poss N Spleen is great and bitter anger. [FORMAL] Paul Fussell s latest book vents his spleen against… …
42spleen — UK [spliːn] / US [splɪn] noun Word forms spleen : singular spleen plural spleens 1) [countable] medical the organ in your body that removes dead red cells from your blood and produces white cells 2) [uncountable] formal anger vent your spleen (=… …
43spleen — 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.… …
44spleen — селезенка sugar coated spleen глазурная селезенка wandering spleen блуждающая селезенка torsion of spleen перекрут селезенки spleen extract экстракт из селезенки …
45Spleen — Einen Spleen haben: nicht ganz richtig im Kopf sein, einen ⇨ Tick haben. ›Spleen‹ kommt von englisch ›spleen‹ und bezeichnet eigentlich die Milz (lateinisch splen, griechisch splhn: die Milz). So bedeutete die Redensart ursprünglich: eine durch… …
46spleen — n. bad temper 1) to vent one s spleen on ductless organ near the stomach 2) a ruptured spleen * * * [spliːn] [ bad temper ] to vent one s spleen on [ ductless organ near the. stomach ] a ruptured …
47spleen — [13] Spleen comes via Old French esplen and Latin splēn from Greek splén, which may have been related to Latin liēn ‘spleen’ and Greek splágkhnon ‘entrails’ (source of English splanchnic ‘of the viscera’ [17]). In medieval physiology many… …
48spleen — [13] Spleen comes via Old French esplen and Latin splēn from Greek splén, which may have been related to Latin liēn ‘spleen’ and Greek splágkhnon ‘entrails’ (source of English splanchnic ‘of the viscera’ [17]). In medieval physiology many… …
49spleen — n. 1 an abdominal organ involved in maintaining the proper condition of blood in most vertebrates. 2 lowness of spirits; moroseness, ill temper, spite (from the earlier belief that the spleen was the seat of such feelings) (a fit of spleen;… …
50SPLEEN — s. m. (On prononce Spline. ) Mot emprunté de l anglais. Maladie mentale qui consiste dans le dégoût de la vie. Avoir le spleen. Être dévoré de spleen …