lung has definitions from the fields of anatomy,zoology
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood

Used in print

(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)

After his pains got_worse , Tom decided to see a real doctor , from whom he learned he was suffering from cancer of the lung .

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

Very small particles , however , in a size range of 1 to 4 microns in diameter are capable of passing these impinging barriers and entering the alveolar_bed of the lungs .

(Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)

The bronchus and pulmonary_artery in this lung type maintain a close relationship throughout .

Lung type 3 , ( fig. 3 ) is to some degree a composite of types 1 , and 2 , .

In this instance , because of incomplete septation , the secondary lobule does not constitute in itself what appears to be a small individual lung as in type 1 , .

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 11026
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