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   spleen

   /spliːn/

   noun

   • 1. an abdominal organ involved in the production and removal of blood cells in most vertebrates and forming part of the immune system.
   • 2. bad temper; spite: "he could vent his spleen on the institutions which had duped him"

   Word Origin 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.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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