The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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They were looking at “scurfy” mice; males are unexpectedly born with flaky skin and enlarged spleens and only live for a few weeks, because their organs are attacked by their own immune cells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
The study documents germinal center–like structures in the spleens of rainbow trout, the first time anyone has detected them in bony fish.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 31, 2023
People without spleens are more susceptible to severe bacterial infections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
Yet this bedrock right to vent our spleens against officials is now being challenged.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2021
But these spleens had swelled up and turned as hard as a rock.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
