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Spleen
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(Gr. airArtv), a vascular organ situated on the left side of the abdomen (see DUCTLESS GLANDS). It was supposed in olden times to be the seat of ill-humour and melancholy, whence such phrases as "to have the spleen," to be out of temper, sulky, morose, "splenetic."
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Spleen'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/spleen.html. 1910.