spleen
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And amid all the sturm und drang, each character projects onto the other a pent-up spleen of parent-child neuroses and unmet expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Problems were seen in iron recycling within the spleen and in the normal functioning of the lungs, intestines and kidneys.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2026
The former pharmacy worker also lost her spleen, battled pneumonia and developed gallstones which she was told might require further surgery.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
Kala-azar is spread by sandflies and is one of the most dangerous neglected tropical diseases, with a fatality rate of 95 percent if untreated, causing fever, weight loss, and enlargement of the spleen and liver.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
Heat stress wouldn’t enlarge the spleen, would it?
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
They were looking at “scurfy” mice; males are unexpectedly born with flaky skin and enlarged spleens and only live for a few weeks, because their organs are attacked by their own immune cells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
Erewhon says the mix of uncooked beef livers, hearts, pancreases, kidneys and spleens swirling through the coconut cream in the beverage should not be considered “raw.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024
Yet this bedrock right to vent our spleens against officials is now being challenged.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2021
But the team also examined the spleens of wild deer collected, over an eight-year period, by North Dakota game officials.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 5, 2021
But these spleens had swelled up and turned as hard as a rock.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - Introductory
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