external organ


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Noun1.external organ - an organ that is situated on or near the surface of the bodyexternal organ - an organ that is situated on or near the surface of the body
organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
external ear, outer ear - the part of the ear visible externally
precordium - the external surface of the body overlying the heart and stomach
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The fetish as posited by the new language of fetishism was simultaneously all-powerful (an external organ of the body) and trivial (since the emergent regime of the "individual" would deny that the body could have any such external organs).
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"The work is world class and his entry gives so much kudos to the exhibition, it will be really interesting to see how his work develops over the next few years." The runner-up prize has been awarded to Swansea-based artist Fern Thomas for her photograph Bird as External Organ.
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His collaborator, Fern Thomas, questions man's relationship with nature for survival in her entry Bird As External Organ, shortlisted for the photography prize.
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