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spleenless

spleenless adjective: lacking a spleen.

Adjective

spleenless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking a spleen.
    • Surgery left him spleenless, not spineless.2009 January 28, Harvey Araton, “A Fierce Tackler Has Taken His Share of Hits”, in New York Times

Origin of spleenless

From Middle English spleneles, equivalent to spleen + -less.

Questions about spleenless

What does spleenless mean?
Spleenless means lacking a spleen.
What part of speech is spleenless?
Spleenless is an adjective.

Words near spleenless in the dictionary

  1. spleeniest
  2. spleening
  3. spleenish
  4. spleenishly
  5. spleenishness
  6. spleenless
  7. spleenlike
  8. spleenocyte
  9. spleenocytes
  10. spleens
  11. spleenwort

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