lung (l ng)n.1. Either of two spongy, saclike respiratory organs in most vertebrates, occupying the chest cavity together with the heart and functioning to remove carbon dioxide from the blood and provide it with oxygen. 2. A similar organ in some invertebrates, including spiders and terrestrial snails. Idiom: at the top of (one's) lungs As loudly as one's voice will allow.
[Middle English lunge, from Old English lungen, lungs; see legwh- in Indo-European roots.] |
lung Noun
the part of the body that allows an animal or bird to breathe air. Humans have two lungs, contained within the chest cavity [Old English lungen]
lung (l ng)1. Either of two spongy organs in the chest of air-breathing vertebrate animals that serve as the organs of gas exchange. Blood flowing through the lungs picks up oxygen from inhaled air and releases carbon dioxide, which is exhaled. Air enters and leaves the lungs through the bronchial tubes. 2. A similar organ found in some invertebrates. |
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| Noun | 1. | lung - either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the bloodlobe of the lung - any of the three lobes of the right lung or the two lobes of the left lung air cell, air sac, alveolus - a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways |
Translations
lungn lung [laŋ]one of the pair of organs of breathing, in man and other animals.
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