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Word: Spleen
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: shortening of Old French esplen, via Latin from Greek splēn; spleen (sense 2) derives from the earlier belief that the spleen was the seat of bad temper
spliːn
an abdominal organ involved in the production and removal of blood cells in most vertebrates and forming part of the immune system.
Short Definition:abdominal organ involved in production and removal of blood cells in most vertebrates
bad temper; spite
Short Definition:bad temper
Examples:- he could vent his spleen on the institutions which had duped him
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