Definition of organ

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Organ (n.) A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine..

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Indigest :: Indigest (a.) Crude; unformed; unorganized; undigested.
Nephritical :: Nephritical (a.) Of or pertaining to the kidneys or urinary organs; renal; as, a nephritic disease..
Homocategoric :: Homocategoric (a.) Belonging to the same category of individuality; -- a morphological term applied to organisms so related.
See :: See (v. t.) To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view.
Tuberculosis :: Tuberculosis (n.) A constitutional disease characterized by the production of tubercles in the internal organs, and especially in the lungs, where it constitutes the most common variety of pulmonary consumption..
Clavier :: Clavier (n.) The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium..
Electro-biology :: Electro-biology (n.) That branch of biology which treats of the electrical phenomena of living organisms.
Anaerobies :: Anaerobies (n. pl.) Microorganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it..
Acciaccatura :: Acciaccatura (n.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura..
Bathybius :: Bathybius (n.) A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin..
Kairoline :: Kairoline (n.) An organic base obtained from quinoline. It is used as a febrifuge, and resembles kairine..
Mesonephros :: Mesonephros (n.) The middle one of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates; the Wolffian body.
Scyphophori :: Scyphophori (n. pl.) An order of fresh-water fishes inhabiting tropical Africa. They have rudimentary electrical organs on each side of the tail.
Coccosphere :: Coccosphere (n.) A small, rounded, marine organism, capable of braking up into coccoliths..
Excitant :: Excitant (n.) An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or parts; a stimulant..
Petition :: Petition (n.) A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document..
Tompion :: Tompion (n.) A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone..
Brain :: Brain (n.) The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding..
Organ :: Organ (v. t.) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize.
Ciliograde :: Ciliograde (a.) Moving by means of cilia, or cilialike organs; as, the ciliograde Medusae..
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