Definition of Spleens

1. Noun. (plural of spleen) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spleens

1. spleen [n] - See also: spleen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spleens

spleen
spleen deoxyribonuclease
spleen endonuclease
spleen focus-forming viruses
spleen metastases
spleen phosphodiesterases
spleened
spleenful
spleenier
spleeniest
spleening
spleenish
spleenless
spleenlike
spleens (current term)
spleenwort
spleenworts
spleeny
spleget
splen-
splenalgia
splenative
splenauxe
splenculus
splendent
splendid
splendider
splendidest
splendidious

Literary usage of Spleens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Philosophical Transactions ... Abridged by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, Andrew Reid, John Gray, John Eames, John Martyn (1749)
"149, (hews two spleens taken from a Man. TAr« spleens, In all ... '48f I49> The spleens in each Body taken together, were but equal in Mag-/»- ..."

2. American Medicine (1906)
"In the course of my investigations on animal spleens, the question naturally came to ... I found hog spleens richer and more palatable than beef spleens. ..."

3. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1907)
"Where do the plasma-cells found so abundantly in the spleens of many diseased individuals take their origin ? My investigation leads me to exclude ..."

4. My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa: As Medical Officer of the Emin by Thomas Heazle Parke (1891)
"... the Pasha's Province—-His men suffer from enlarged spleens—Leng an Arab wedding festival—Nelson and I arrange with the Pasha I cook—My experience ..."

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