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Meanings of spleen in English

Russian
селезёнка
Portuguese
baço
Catalan
melsa
Spanish
bazo
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Internal organ in most vertebrate animals.

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          селезёнка
          Catalan
          irascibilitat

          A feeling of resentful anger.

                irascibilitat
                Portuguese
                baço
                Catalan
                melsa

                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.

                      baço
                      Usage of spleen in English
                      1
                      So much for the prize-taker; the prize-loser vented his spleen as thus:-
                      My Life as an Author
                      2
                      Relative kidney mass was also reduced, and relative spleen mass was increased.
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                      Background: The spleen is the most easily injured organ in abdominal trauma.
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                      4
                      They give me the spleen; a disease I was not born to.
                      The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters
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                      Patients with resectable umbilical, spleen, or local bowel lesions may be included.
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                      Cultured spleen cells from immunized mice were tested for their cytokine content.
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                      Swelling of the spleen is caused by catabolism of the Malpighian bodies.
                      Valere Aude: Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regen...
                      8
                      In mice, most organs also expressed lower mRNA levels compared with spleen.
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                      9
                      The swelling of the spleen can easily be detected by external touch.
                      Valere Aude: Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regen...
                      10
                      The examples of the heart, lung, liver, spleen and kidney were obtained.
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                      11
                      At the acute infection stages, the spleen exhibited a Th2 immune response.
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                      12
                      At necropsy, enlargement of the cervical lymph nodes and spleen were observed.
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                      13
                      The spleen, pancreas, and transverse colon were also superior to the diaphragm.
                      Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
                      14
                      He died after his condition deteriorated following surgery to remove his spleen.
                      The Irish Times
                      15
                      Many honours I want not, nor great treasures: they excite the spleen.
                      Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
                      16
                      Mouse organs revealed lower mRNA levels of most molecules compared to spleen.
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                      Translations for spleen
                      Portuguese
                      baçoesplim
                      Spanish
                      bazo
                      Spleen through the time
                      Spleen across language varieties
                      United States of America
                      Common
                      United Kingdom
                      Less common