Phrase Hound found 8 phrases and 9 compound words that contain spleen. The most common are listed below. Open spleen in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 8
- vent one's spleenTo openly express pent-up anger, often on an unrelated matter or person.
- accessory spleenOne of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighbourhood of the spleen
- wandering spleenA birth defect due to the absence of one of the ligaments that holds the spleen in place
- sugar-coated spleenHyaloserositis of the spleen.
- sago spleenA spleen in which amyloid has been deposited in the Malpighian corpuscles which appear as translucent, gray bodies that resemble the grains of the sago palm.
- waxy spleenamyloidosis of the spleen
- spleen stoneA jade or nephrite stone.
- spleen stonesplural of spleen stone: A jade or nephrite stone.
Compound words 9
- spleenwortAny of a number of types of ferns in the genus Asplenium.
- spleenfulFull of spleen; spiteful.
- antispleenPertaining to an autoimmune response affecting the spleen.
- spleenlessLacking a spleen.
- spleenlikeResembling the spleen; splenoid.
- spleenyFull of spleen; melancholy.
- spleenishAffected with spleen; fretful.
- unspleenedDeprived of a spleen.
- spleeniercomparative form of spleeny: more spleeny