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What does spleen mean?

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Noun
  1. (anatomy) 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.
  2. (set phrase) A bad mood; spitefulness.
  3. (obsolete, rare) A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
  4. (obsolete) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
  5. A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
Verb
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To dislike.
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