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LUNG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lung" is a kind of...):
respiratory organ (any organ involved in the process of respiration)
Meronyms (parts of "lung"):
bronchial artery (arteries that accompany the bronchioles)
pulmonary vein; vena pulmonalis (any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart)
alveolar bed (lung tissue densely packed with alveoli)
lobe 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)
Holonyms ("lung" is a part of...):
lower respiratory tract (the bronchi and lungs)
Context examples:
Inhibiting the oxygen-sensing capability of immune cells, either genetically or pharmacologically, prevented lung metastasis.
(Oxygen can impair cancer immunotherapy in mice, NIH)
The term derives from the chest X-ray image of the tiny (1-5 mm) tuberculosis lesions which are seen through out the lung parenchyma.
(Miliary Tuberculosis, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples of metastatic cancers to the stomach include breast, lung, and esophageal metastatic carcinomas and melanomas.
(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Stomach, NCI Thesaurus)
Birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals have evolved diverse lung structures; air flows through them in complicated ways.
(Following the lizard lung labyrinth, National Science Foundation)
Being exposed to high levels of acetone may irritate the skin, eyes, nose, throat, and lungs.
(Acetone, NCI Dictionary)
Organic compounds and particular matter released when burning forests to clear land for agriculture can kill human lung cells or lead to irreversible damage to DNA, according to a new study.
(Lung damage from agricultural fires probed, SciDev.Net)
A mixture of six herbs that has been used in China to prevent and treat diseases such as lung and esophageal cancers.
(ACAPHA, NCI Dictionary)
Most cancers of the breast, pancreas, lung, prostate, and colon are adenocarcinomas.
(Adenocarcinoma, NCI Dictionary)
“Oh, my lungs and liver,” cried the old man, “no! Oh, my eyes, no! Oh, my limbs, no! Eighteenpence. Goroo!”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The majority are carcinomas (usually lung or breast carcinomas).
(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Brain, NCI Thesaurus)
