'spleen' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is a noun that refers to a soft, spongy organ that is part of the lymphatic system and is located in the upper left side of the abdomen. Example sentence: The doctor ordered an ultrasound to evaluate the size and shape of the patient's spleen.
These misshapen prions accumulate in the brain (as well as in some other tissues, including spleen and possibly blood).
A popular theory in Ho Chi Minh City has it that the protesters were motivated not only by anti-China sentiment, but also by the opportunity to vent spleen over low pay or bad working conditions.
While Beijing's bloggers vented spleen about the government's ineptitude, Hong Kong's transport secretary was fretting over a railway disruption that stranded some passengers overnight in air-conditioned stations.
As Alexander of Aphrodisias, Farabi identifies the heart as the "ruling organ" of the body.[15] Assisted by the brain, liver, spleen and other organs, the heart provides the innate heat that is required by the nutritive faculty, senses and imagination (Walzer, 175 187).
Guts, sinew, spleen, backbone, heart: frankly, given their depleted physique it is a miracle England's players can even drag themselves off the team bus.
"He has a problem with his spleen," says Wasswa.
Lake County coroner Thomas Rudd said in a statement that his autopsy had determined Howell suffered two "penetrating gunshot wounds on the torso" – one on the left that penetrated his spleen, liver and heart, and the other on the right that penetrated tissue and his right shoulder.
Holloway also explained why he had avoided standing in the home technical area: "I felt if I went out there, the fans would vent their spleen on me and that would not benefit the team".
Language geeks are venting their spleen all over the world wide web about this very issue.
Severe or repeated bouts can lead to respiratory distress, mental disability, wasting disease and, at the extreme, rupture of the spleen.
Draw a map of possible outcomes, and to avoid defeat the future government would need to secure a renegotiation, win hefty concessions, convince the public that they were hefty and then persuade voters to answer the question on the ballot paper rather than generally vent spleen.
