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US /spləˈnɛtɪk/
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Derived forms antispleneticperispleneticspleneticalsplenetically
Related forms lienalspleenfulspleenysplenicsplenitive

The adjective form of spleen, borrowed from Late Latin spleneticus, from Latin splen. Anger was traditionally believed to originate from the fluids of the spleen.

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