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Definition of 'lung'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) lung
either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and other air-breathing vertebrates.

2. lung
an analogous organ in certain invertebrates, as arachnids.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; lungen, OE, c. MD

Definition of 'lung'

Princeton's WordNet

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

Definition of 'lung'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) lung
the organs in the chest that you use to breathe
lung cancer

Definition of 'lung'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) lung
an organ for aerial respiration; -- commonly in the plural

Definition of 'lung'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. lung
Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood.

Translation of 'lung'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: one of the pair of organs of breathing, in man and other animals.
Afrikaans: long	Arabic: رِئَه	Bulgarian: бял дроб
Brazilian: pulmão	Czech: plíce	German: die Lunge
Danish: lunge	Greek: πνεύμονας	Spanish: pulmón
Estonian: kops	Farsi: ریه	Finnish: keuhko
French: poumon	Hebrew: רֵיאָה	Hindi: फेफड़ा
Croatian: plućno krilo	Hungarian: tüdő	Indonesian: paru-paru
Icelandic: lunga	Italian: polmone	Japanese: 肺
Korean: 허파, 폐	Lithuanian: plautis	Latvian: plauša
Malay: paru-paru	Dutch: long	Norwegian: lunge
Polish: płuco	Persian: ،شش ریه	Pashto: سږى،ششونه
Portuguese: pulmão	Romanian: plămân	Russian: лёгкое
Slovak: pľúca	Slovenian: pljučno krilo	Serbian: pluća
Swedish: lunga	Thai: ปอด	Turkish: akciğer
Taiwanese: 肺	Ukrainian: легеня	Urdu: پھیپھڑا
Vietnamese: phổi	Chinese: 肺
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