noun
- an organ in the body that filters blood and helps fight infection
- bad temper or spite; ill humor
Usage: anatomy
Usage: literary
Examples
- The doctor examined her spleen during the ultrasound.
- An enlarged spleen can be a sign of infection.
- The spleen helps remove old red blood cells from circulation.
- He vented his spleen about the unfair treatment.
- She wrote the letter in a fit of spleen.
- His spleen toward his former colleagues was evident in his remarks.