a fit of spleen

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• spleen — n. 1 an abdominal organ involved in maintaining the proper condition of blood in most vertebrates. 2 lowness of spirits; moroseness, ill temper, spite (from the earlier belief that the spleen was the seat of such feelings) (a fit of spleen;… …   Useful english dictionary

• Spleen — Spleen, n. [L. splen, Gr. ???? the milt or spleen, affection of the spleen; cf. L. lien, plihan, pl[=i]han.] 1. (Anat.) A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ague fit — Ague A gue, n. [OE. agu, ague, OF. agu, F. aigu, sharp, OF. fem. ague, LL. (febris) acuta, a sharp, acute fever, fr. L. acutus sharp. See {Acute}.] 1. An acute fever. [Obs.] Brenning agues. P. Plowman. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) An intermittent… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• immune system — Anat. a diffuse, complex network of interacting cells, cell products, and cell forming tissues that protects the body from pathogens and other foreign substances, destroys infected and malignant cells, and removes cellular debris: the system… …   Universalium

• List of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episodes — This is a list of episodes of the American animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy Mandy, which was created by Maxwell Atoms, and which originally aired on Cartoon Network from June 13, 2003 to October 12, 2008. There were 80… …   Wikipedia

• rage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fury, frenzy, wrath, violence; fashion, fad, craze. See desire. v. i. storm, rave, bluster. See excitement, excitability. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Violent anger] Syn. fury, wrath, ferocity; see anger .… …   English dictionary for students

• TEMPS — Chacun sait à quel aspect de son expérience répond le mot de temps; mais aucune définition de la notion correspondante n’a reçu jusqu’ici, chez les savants comme chez les philosophes, une approbation unanime. Sensible à cette difficulté qu’il… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Hodgkin's lymphoma — Hodgkin lymphoma Classification and external resources Micrograph showing Hodgkin s lymphoma (Field stain). ICD 10 C …   Wikipedia

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• Mélancolie — par Domenico Fetti (ca. 1622). Le terme mélancolie recouvre plusieurs significations qui relèvent de son histoire dans la médecine, la psychiatrie, la psychanalyse et la philosophie ainsi qu en littérature. La mélancolie est aussi un tableau… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Abdominal trauma — ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2805 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|emerg|1 MeshID = D000007Abdominal trauma is an injury to the abdomen. It may be blunt or penetrating and may involve damage to the abdominal organs …   Wikipedia