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What is the adjective for splenetically?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs spleen and splenectomize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

splenetic

Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.
(biology) Related to the spleen.
Synonyms:

irritable, testy, irascible, cantankerous, cross, crabby, peevish, petulant, choleric, tetchy, crotchety, crabbed, snappish, surly, fractious, waspish, dyspeptic, disagreeable, pettish, bilious, liverish, ornery, angry, querulous, sour, bitter, spiteful, malicious, acid, bearish, hostile, malevolent, acrimonious, malignant, rancorous, resentful, malign, wrathful, envenomed, atrabilious, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, ill-humored, bloody-minded, grumpy, grouchy, touchy, cranky … more

Examples:

“Jason's splenetic attitude made it difficult for anyone to approach him without fearing his explosive outbursts.”

spleened

(obsolete) Deprived of the spleen.
(obsolete) angry; annoyed

splenorenal

Of or pertaining to the spleen and the kidneys
Examples:

“Development of splenorenal shunts can manifest with hyperammonemia as well.”

“Histamine levels and cardiovascular responses during splenectomy and splenorenal shunt formation in a patient with systemic mastocytosis.”

“Assessment of reproducibility and changes found following a selective distal splenorenal shunt.”

splenomesenteric

Relating to the spleen and mesentery.

spleenlike

(anatomy) Resembling the spleen; splenoid.

splenic

Of, related to, or located near the spleen. [1700-]
Synonyms:

splenative, spleenic, splenetic, splenitive

Examples:

“The left renal may anastomose with the splenic vein and receive lumbar veins.”

“The surgeon examines the splenic bed for accessory spleens with the laparoscope.”

“The child also can slip under the lap belt, and this can lead to abdominal injuries such as liver laceration or splenic rupture.”

spleeny

full of spleen; melancholy
Synonyms:

spleenish

Examples:

“Here's a few insulting words from Shakespeare to get you started: goatish, malt-worm, measle, pox-marked, spleeny.”

“He is a spleeny, querulous, joyless fellow, of thin blood and aching liver.”

“I suppose being shut up in the house with my sprained ankle makes me spleeny.”

splenocolic

Relating to the spleen and the colon
Examples:

“Division of splenocolic and gastrocolic ligaments from left to right completed splenic flexure mobilization releasing the distal third of transverse colon.”

splenical