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lungs

lung
L l

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [luhng]
    • /lʌŋ/
    • /lʌŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [luhng]
    • /lʌŋ/

Definitions of lungs word

  • noun lungs either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates. 1
  • noun lungs an analogous organ in certain invertebrates, as arachnids or terrestrial gastropods. 1
  • idioms lungs at the top of one's lungs, as loudly as possible; with full voice: The baby cried at the top of his lungs. 1
  • noun lungs Plural form of lung. 1
  • noun lungs plural of lung. 0
See all 5 definitions of lungs

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Origin of lungs

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English lungen, Old English; cognate with German Lunge; akin to light2, lights

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Lungs

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Lungs

lungs popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for lungs

noun lungs

  • alveoli — a little cavity, pit, or cell, as a cell of a honeycomb.
Just one Synonym for lungs

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Related words

  • pulmonary

    of or relating to the lungs.

  • respiratory distress syndrome

    Also called hyaline membrane disease. an acute lung disease of the newborn, occurring primarily in premature babies and babies born to ill mothers, characterized by rapid breathing, flaring of the nostrils, inelastic lungs, edema of the extremities, and in some cases the formation of a hyaline membrane on the lungs caused by a lack of surfactant in the immature lung tissue. Abbreviation: RDS.

  • atelectasis

    failure of the lungs to expand fully at birth

  • emphysema

    A condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are damaged and enlarged, causing breathlessness.

  • heart

    Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.

  • lungworm

    any nematode worm of the superfamily Metastrongylidae, parasitic in the lungs of various mammals.
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