Definition of lung

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Lung (n.) An organ for aerial respiration; -- commonly in the plural.

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Pneumogastric :: Pneumogastric (a.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach.
Entobronchium :: Entobronchium (n.) One of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.
Egest :: Egest (v. t.) To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin, or kidneys..
Muscallonge :: Muscallonge (n.) See Muskellunge.
Hemoptysis :: Hemoptysis (n.) The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs..
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend..
Mire :: Mire (v. t.) To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon..
Pneumonitis :: Pneumonitis (n.) Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia.
Throat :: Throat (n.) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces..
Header :: Header (n.) A fall or plunge headforemost, as while riding a bicycle, or in bathing; as, to take a header..
Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does..
Splenocele :: Splenization (n.) A morbid state of the lung produced by inflammation, in which its tissue resembles that of the spleen..
Crackle :: Crackle (n.) A kind of crackling sound or r/le, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle..
Adhere :: Adhere (v. i.) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura..
Siren :: Siren (n.) Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long..
Dive :: Dive (v. t.) To explore by diving; to plunge into.
Vesicular :: Vesicular (a.) Of or pertaining to vesicles; esp., of or pertaining to the air vesicles, or air cells, of the lungs; as, vesicular breathing, or normal breathing, in which the air enters freely the air vesicles of the lungs..
Expire :: Expire (v. t.) To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.
Bronchial :: Bronchial (a.) Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs.
Infusion :: Infusion (v. t.) The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion.
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