- [countable]
a small organ near the stomach that controls the quality of the blood cells 脾 a ruptured spleen 破裂的脾
- [uncountable] (literary)
anger see also splenetic愤怒;怒气
Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French esplen, via Latin from Greek splēn; sense (2) derives from the earlier belief that the spleen was the seat of bad temper.