LOBE OF THE LUNG

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of the three lobes of the right lung or the two lobes of the left lung

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("lobe of the lung" is a kind of...):

lobe ((anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part)

Holonyms ("lobe of the lung" is a part of...):

lung (either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood)

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