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spleen meaning in Sanskrit

प्लीहन् plīhán

/spliːn/

spleen in Sanskrit: प्लीहन् (plīhán). In English, spleen means in vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the upper left abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.

Sanskrit words for spleen

the spleen
प्लीहन् plīhán

English meaning of spleen

  1. noun In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the upper left abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
  2. noun A bad mood; spitefulness. Compare gall.
  3. noun A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
  4. noun Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.

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Questions about spleen in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of spleen in Sanskrit?
Spleen in Sanskrit is प्लीहन् (plīhán).
spleen इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Spleen: प्लीहन् (plīhán).
What does spleen mean in English?
Spleen means in vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the upper left abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “spleen”: प्लीहन्. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: spleen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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