external organ

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external 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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Electric blow heaters are prime culprits for their desiccating effect on the body's largest external organ, and their use should be avoided if at all possible.

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The skin is the body's largest external organ and also the fastest-growing.

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For one thing, the envisioned new human rights committee would be an external organ of the Justice Ministry.

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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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Contrary to the Commission's initial proposal, OLAF will not be an external organ but will remain, from a statutory standpoint, within the Commission under the supervision of a five-member monitoring committee.