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1. (n.) organ
a similar musical instrument having the tones produced electronically:
an electronic organ.
2. organ
a grouping of tissues into a distinct structure, as a heart or kidney in animals or a leaf or stamen in plants, that performs a specialized task.
3. organ
a newspaper, magazine, or other means of communicating information, thoughts, or opinions, esp. in behalf of some organization or political group.
4. organ
an instrument or means, as of action.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME: musical instrument, pipe organ, organ of the body, tool &indirdesc; Gk órganon implement, tool, bodily organ, musical instrument, akin to érgonwork)
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1. (noun) organ
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
2. (noun) organ
a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function
"The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department"
3. (noun) electric organ, electronic organ, Hammond organ, organ
(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
4. (noun) organ
a periodical that is published by a special interest group
"the organ of the communist party"
5. (noun) organ, pipe organ
wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
6. (noun) harmonium, organ, reed organ
a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
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1. (noun) organ
one of the important functioning parts inside your body
the heart, lungs, and other organs
2. organ
a large musical instrument with a keyboard and pipes of different lengths
He plays the organ at our church.
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Sense: a part of the body or of a plant which has a special purpose
the reproductive organs.
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 Afrikaans: orgaan |
 Arabic: عُضْو |
 Bulgarian: орган |
 Brazilian: órgão |
 Czech: orgán |
 German: das Sprachrohr |
 Danish: organ |
 Greek: όργανο (π.χ. του σώματος) |
 Spanish: órgano |
 Estonian: elund |
 Farsi: اندام؛ عضو |
 Finnish: elin |
 French: organe |
 Hebrew: אֵיבָר |
 Hindi: अंग |
 Croatian: organ |
 Hungarian: szerv |
 Indonesian: organ |
 Icelandic: líffæri |
 Italian: organo |
 Japanese: 器官 |
 Korean: 기관(器官) |
 Lithuanian: organas |
 Latvian: orgāns |
 Malay: organ |
 Dutch: orgaan |
 Norwegian: organ |
 Polish: narząd |
 Persian: اندام؛ عضو |
 Pashto: اندام |
 Portuguese: órgão |
 Romanian: organ |
 Russian: орган |
 Slovak: orgán |
 Slovenian: organ |
 Serbian: organ |
 Swedish: organ |
 Thai: อวัยวะ |
 Turkish: organ |
 Taiwanese: 器官 |
 Ukrainian: орган |
 Urdu: عضو |
 Vietnamese: cơ quan |
 Chinese: 器官 |
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